US designates UK-based group as foreign terrorist organization

The United States on Wednesday designated the UK-based protest group Palestine Action as a specially designated global terrorist organization, imposing sanctions that freeze its assets in the country and ban American citizens from engaging with it. The move, announced by the Treasury Department, follows the British government's proscription of the group in July 2025 and marks the first time a British left-wing organization has been targeted by U.S. counterterrorism sanctions.