The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations.

The State Department confirmed sanctions were imposed on UN official Francesca Albanese over efforts targeting U.S. and Israeli officials through the ICC.

This decision follows the United States' designation of the groups as foreign and global terrorist organisations on May 2, 2025. The sanctions, approved on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, place both criminal organisations on the UN’s list of entities subject to punitive measures under Chapter VII of the UN Charter,

In the latest in a series of measures by US President Donald Trump's administration to increase pressure on the Cuban government, the United States on Friday announced its sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role "in the Cuban regime's brutality toward the Cuban people.

The Trump administration announced Wednesday it has designated more than 20 entities as complicit in the facilitation of selling Iranian oil, which funds a paramilitary force considered a foreign terrorist organization.

The United States on Wednesday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s “shadow banking” network involved in the illicit trade of Iranian oil designed to fund Tehran’s Islamic

European Union criticizes the US for sanctioning Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, known for her anti-Israel stance.

Cuban nationals in the United States, most of whom fled the island due to the impact of US imperialist policies, are being targeted for detention and deportation as part of Trump’s crackdown on migrants.