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Sara Ruthven

Sara Ruthven

Deputy Washington Bureau Chief
Sara is the Deputy Bureau Chief for the US. Prior to joining the publication, she spent several years based in Mexico as a journalist covering Latin America.
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A Houthi supporter holds up his weapon during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
US does not rule out military action against Iran amid Houthi strikes

Washington launched a wave of strikes at the weekend that hit dozens of Houthi targets in Yemen

USMarch 17, 2025
Jonathan Franks with the six US prisoners freed by Kuwait. He helped to secure their release. AP
Kuwait releases six jailed Americans

Former inmates were not designated as 'wrongfully detained' by government in Washington

USMarch 13, 2025
Protesters demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, at Foley Square in New York City on March 10. Getty Images / AFP
House Democrats call for release of pro-Palestine campaigner

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by federal officers at the weekend and is threatened with deportation

USMarch 11, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil, second left, debates with a pro-Israel activist during a protest at Columbia University in New York, in October 2023. AP
Trump calls detained activist Mahmoud Khalil 'radical foreign pro-Hamas student'

Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist

USMarch 10, 2025
People wave flags next to an Iranian missile on display in Tehran. Wana / Reuters
Iran sends mixed signals on willingness to negotiate nuclear deal

Country's UN mission says if negotiations were to focus on militarisation of atomic programme, discussions may be considered

MENAMarch 09, 2025
US hostage envoy Adam Boehler speaks during an event in Washington. AFP
Deal for release of American hostages in Gaza ‘real close’, US envoy says

Adam Boehler says Hamas is holding one alive American and the bodies of four others

USMarch 09, 2025
Donald Trump said he is considering sanctions against Russia until a ceasefire and 'final settlement agreement on peace' is reached. EPA
Trump threatens Russia with sanctions after air onslaught on Ukraine

Russia fired 67 missiles and 194 drones, targeting energy infrastructure, Ukraine's air force announced

USMarch 07, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
Trump tells Hamas to release all hostages or 'it's over for you'

White House press secretary confirms US officials are in direct talks with Hamas

USMarch 05, 2025
The executive order from Donald Trump would rescind a federal mandate requiring language assistance for non-English speakers. PA
Donald Trump declares English as official US language

Republicans in Congress got the ball rolling earlier this month by introducing bills on the issue in the House

USFebruary 28, 2025
Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users. AFP
Google Maps changes 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users

Company stated its intention to make change in January, saying it was policy to adjust names when they have been updated in official government sources

USFebruary 11, 2025
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian doctoral student, was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, with no group claiming responsibility. AFP
US hostage envoy criticises Iraqi Prime Minister over kidnapping of Elizabeth Tsurkov

Adam Boehler says Mohammed Shia Al Sudani 'should be fired' if Israeli-Russian doctoral student is not released

USFebruary 05, 2025
A KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on February 2, 2025, as it prepares to deploy troops to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to support migrant holding operations. Department of Defence / AFP
First flights carrying illegal migrants en route to Guantanamo Bay, White House says

El Salvador offers to hold US convicted criminals in its new mega-prison

USFebruary 04, 2025
Law enforcement agents knock on the door of a home during an operation in Chicago, Illinois. Bloomberg
US arrests more than 1,200 people in crackdown on illegal immigration

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, supported by several agencies, conducts 'enhanced targeted operations to preserve public safety and national security'

USJanuary 27, 2025
Lebanese army vehicles drive past destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yarin. The ceasefire stipulates that both Israel and Hezbollah would pull out of the border region, and that the Lebanese military would monitor the area. AFP
Lebanon and Israel ceasefire extended to February 18, White House says

Sixty-day ceasefire brokered by the US and France was signed on November 27

USJanuary 26, 2025
Houthi fighters take part in a parade in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
Trump calls for redesignating Yemen's Houthis as foreign terrorist organisation

Administration says it will 'co-operate with its regional partners to eliminate the Houthis’ capabilities and operations'

USJanuary 22, 2025
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