US adds Bangladeshi group to its sanctions list for global terrorism

The US Treasury Department said on Tuesday it had added two individuals and seven organisations connected to Islamic State to its sanctions list for global terrorism, reports Reuters.

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said on its website it had added Abu Musab Al-Barnawi of Nigeria and Mahad Moalim of Somalia, and seven groups from Bangladesh, Egypt, the Philippines, Somalia, Nigeria and Tunisia to its sanctions list.