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Thomas Watkins

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Thomas Watkins is US bureau chief and foreign correspondent at The National. He has worked across America, Europe and South Asia and reported from 30 countries, primarily for Agence France-Presse as Pentagon correspondent and Af-Pak bureau chief. He joined The National in 2021 to help set up the Washington bureau and manage its 10-person team. Thomas holds degrees in psychology and journalism.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down more than 10% from its high last month. Bloomberg
Dow and Nasdaq in correction territory after another losing week for US markets

President Donald Trump's preferred market gauge off by 10% since he started the Iran war

USMarch 27, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah. Photo: SPA
Zelenskyy announces defence agreement with Saudi Arabia after meeting Crown Prince

Ukraine has vast experience of shooting down Iran-designed Shaheds that are now hitting the Gulf

GulfMarch 26, 2026
Hormuz Gif
When Iran holds Hormuz hostage, every nation pays ransom, says Dr Al Jaber

Senior UAE officials push for 'conclusive' outcome that addresses threats

USMarch 25, 2026
From left, UAE ambassador to Kabul Saif Al Ketbi, US citizen Dennis Coyle and former US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Kabul on Tuesday. EPA
UAE helps secure release of American held by the Taliban

Dennis Coyle, 64, had been detained since January 2025

USMarch 24, 2026
Iranian protesters gather during a demonstration organised last week by diaspora groups in Washington DC calling for political change in Iran. AFP
West failing to engage with Iranian opposition as war grinds on

'There has been no serious attention given to anybody by any world power,' prominent Iranian American says

USMarch 24, 2026
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber takes off from RAF Fairford, in England. Getty Images
At $2 billion a day, how long can the US sustain its war with Iran?

Pentagon is burning through bombs and missiles and wants Congress to give it another $200 billion

USMarch 22, 2026
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) launch system. Photo: Lockheed Martin
US fast-tracks $8bn sale of air defence package to UAE

Thaad air defences and anti-drone systems included in $8.46bn package

USMarch 20, 2026
Pete Hegsethm US Defence Secretary, holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, which also featured Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Dan Caine. Reuters
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Hegseth says no time limit for end to war but claims it is 'on track'

Pentagon to ask Congress for large supplemental funding package

USMarch 19, 2026
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies before the Senate intelligence committee hearing. Reuters
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US spies not responsible for saying if Iran posed imminent threat, Gabbard says

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says only the President can decide what constitutes immediate risk

USMarch 18, 2026
Joe Kent has said he could not 'in good faith' support the US-Israeli war against Iran. AFP
US counter-terrorism head resigns, claiming Israel deceived Trump

'Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,' Joe Kent tells US President in first known resignation over Middle East conflict

USMarch 17, 2026
Tankers sail in the Arabian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters
CommentOut of his depth? Trump flounders in the Strait of Hormuz

Successive US presidents baulked at bombing Iran because of the risk of it shutting the vital waterway

CommentMarch 12, 2026
The funeral ceremony for victims of the air strike on a girls' school in Minab, southern Iran. EPA
'A terrible mistake': US senator apologises for strike on Iran primary school

Inquiry finds the US responsible for deadly attack, reports say

USMarch 11, 2026
Pete Hegseth, left, US Defence Secretary, and Gen Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a media briefing in the Pentagon. Reuters
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Tuesday to be most intense day of US strikes against Iran so far, Hegseth vows

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal says US 'on a path' to sending in ground troops

USMarch 10, 2026
Q&A replay: Second week of Iran war
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Q&A replayUS-Iran war and regional attacks

Lebanon mourns deaths of hundreds of civilians and Gulf countries face continued attacks – your questions answered

MENAMarch 10, 2026
US President Donald Trump takes a question at a media conference at Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, on March 9. Reuters
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Iran responds after Trump claims war may end 'very soon'

US President suggests Iran's electricity production could be a target

USMarch 09, 2026
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