BT Lens OnOperation Economic Outcast Targets Iran, Singapore Named in Transhipment Report and UK Backs Ukraine
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Catch up on the biggest news from around the world at the start of every business day with Lens on Daily. In Lens on Singapore, we take a monthly big …Headline news for August 25, 2026: The US launches Operation Economic Outcast sweeping new Iran sanctions targeting sixty entities across shipping, oil, gold, aviation and digital assets, with a cure period before the toughest measures on major trading partners take effect. Singapore is named in a US report on transhipment fraud as an AI border detection tool is deployed.
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Written by: Claressa Monteiro (claremb@sph.com.sg)
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