Sanctioned entity: CHANG AN SHIPPING & TECHNOLOGY. Aliases: 長安海連技術有限公司, CHANG AN SHIPPING AND TECHNOLOGY. Program: DPRK.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, killing at least 111 people and damaging hundreds of buildings, with the epicenter in the remote Choco region. President Abelardo de la Espriella declared a state of emergency and pledged full government response as rescue teams search for survivors trapped in the rubble.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, escalating military and economic pressure as ceasefire negotiations falter and regional tensions rise.

Sanctioned entity: KOTI CORP. Program: DPRK. Reason: Ship manager and commercial manager of the Panama-flagged vessel KOTI, which conducted ship-to-ship transfers of likely petroleum product to the DPRK-flagged KUM UN SAN 3 on 9 December 2017.

Sanctioned entity: PANAMERICAN IMPORT AND EXPORT COMMERCIAL CORPORATION. Program: CUBA. Country: Panama.

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A US Navy helicopter fired missiles at a Panama-flagged cargo ship, disabling it after the vessel attempted to break through an American blockade of Iran's ports, according to US Central Command.

Houthi rebels attacked a Tanzania-flagged cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, killing six people including three Pakistanis, while US forces disabled a Panama-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Oman after it allegedly attempted to break a blockade of Iran-linked shipping.