Australia last week sanctioned four entities and one individual with ties to North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The designations, added to the country’s consolidated sanctions list Nov. 6, target an alleged computer hacker and four hacking groups associated with North Korean intelligence programs.

The U.K. on Nov. 6 added two entries to its domestic counterterrorism sanctions regime. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation sanctioned the New Irish Republican Army and Kieran James Gallagher, who's suspected of "being involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism." Gallagher was also made subject to director disqualification sanctions, which bar him from acting as a director of a company or taking part in the management of one.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned three people who it said helped to funnel tens of millions of dollars from Iran to Hezbollah this year, which allowed the terror group to "support its paramilitary forces, rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, and resist the Lebanese government’s efforts to assert sovereign control over all Lebanese territory." The designations target Hezbollah member Ossama Jaber, as well as Ja’far Muhammad Qasir and Samer Kasbar, who help manage Hezbollah's finances.

The U.K. on Nov. 3 amended one entry under its Iran sanctions regime. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation updated the listing for Ali Aliakbar Ansari to add the name "Ali." Ansari was sanctioned for providing economic resources to the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a new general license this week that authorizes certain transactions with three aircraft that had been blocked under the Belarus Sanctions Regulations. The license, which has no expiration date, authorizes transactions with:

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned a network of people and entities for their ties to North Korean money laundering, sanctions evasion and information technology worker fraud. The agency said the network has helped North Korea generate revenue for its weapons programs.

John Hurley, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, traveled last week to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Lebanon to speak with those nations about implementing and enforcing the U.N.'s snapback sanctions against Iran (see 2509290051), Treasury said. The agency said Hurley planned to discuss the U.S. maximum-pressure campaign against Iran, as well as how the countries can prevent sanctions evasion and work together better on those measures.

U.N. member states last week voted 165-7, with 12 abstentions, to approve a resolution aimed at urging the U.S. to end its trade embargo against Cuba. The resolution, which has been adopted for 33 consecutive years, called on the U.S. to end the "economic, commercial and financial embargo" on the island country. The U.S., Israel, Argentina, Hungary, Paraguay, North Macedonia and Ukraine voted against the measure, while Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Czechia, Ecuador, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Moldova and Romania abstained.

The EU last week updated its guidance regarding the list of partner countries for which importers of petroleum products don’t need to provide customs evidence for the origin of the crude oil to prove it’s not from Russia. The FAQs on pages 2 and 3, updated Oct. 29, include the list of countries that “benefit” from this presumption for crude oil exports during calendar year 2024.

The U.K. on Oct. 30 amended an Iran-related sanctions entry for Aliakbar Ansari, who was listed for "providing economic resources" to the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps.