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Thomas Watkins

Thomas Watkins

Washington Bureau Chief
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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Lorries carry Afghan refugees towards the Torkham border crossing after Pakistan ordered illegal immigrants to leave, in November 2023. AFP
Pakistan and Afghanistan could be added to new US travel ban

President Trump has ordered a review of visa-approval processes and 'enhanced vetting' of would-be visitors

USMarch 07, 2025
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on Thursday. Reuters
'No way forward’ for Gaza peace unless Hamas ceases to exist in enclave, US State Department says

Hamas must disband and immediately release 'everything and everyone', spokeswoman says

USMarch 06, 2025
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday. AFP
US national security adviser and top Republican suggest Zelenskyy should resign

Fallout swirls after White House altercation between Ukrainian President, Trump and JD Vance

USMarch 02, 2025
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. AFP
CommentDisastrous White House meeting sees Ukraine's future plunged into further doubt

What transpired in the Oval Office during 10 jaw-dropping minutes will be studied for decades to come

OpinionFebruary 28, 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a question during a media briefing at the White House. Reuters
Trump opens new front in his battle against the traditional press

US President is upending decades-long White House media traditions and sidelining the legacy media

USFebruary 28, 2025
Yair Lapid, left, meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on February 16. AP
Yair Lapid unveils proposal for Egypt to run postwar Gaza

Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister says he has not yet discussed plan with Cairo

USFebruary 25, 2025
The Taliban in 2020 said they backed Donald Trump over Joe Biden for the US presidency. AFP
CommentTrump's quest for Ukraine deal echoes Taliban talks

Now, as then, the US President's primary concern is making a deal, no matter the cost to a hitherto US ally

OpinionFebruary 19, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh. AFP
Russia outlines tough stance at Saudi-hosted talks on Ukraine war

Kyiv and the EU are not currently part of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict

MENAFebruary 18, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Washington last week. EPA
Gaza ceasefire on brink as Netanyahu amasses forces

US President Donald Trump says he doesn't think Hamas will meet a Saturday deadline to release all hostages

USFebruary 11, 2025
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth visits US European Command and Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany. AP
Doge to delve into US military spending, Pentagon chief says

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US should spend more on its military, but welcomes financial investigation of the department

USFebruary 11, 2025
Fighters of the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in Gaza city. Bloomberg
US troops in Gaza could trigger an insurgency, military experts warn

American forces would quickly incur casualties, something the public is unlikely to tolerate

USFebruary 06, 2025
US President Donald Trump welcomed Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Tuesday. AP
Will the US take over Gaza and displace Palestinians? What to expect from Trump's plan

US President doesn't seem willing to take no for an answer from Egypt and Jordan

USFebruary 05, 2025
US President Donald Trump pauses for a moment of silence at the start of Thursday's press conference. EPA
Trump uses moment of national tragedy to rage against diversity hiring

Without giving any evidence, the Republican President suggests the air crash was probably the result of the FAA's diversity hiring practices under the Democrats

OpinionJanuary 30, 2025
Pete Hegseth arrives for a meeting with Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 8. Bloomberg
Who is Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon?

The next US secretary of defence could be a 44-year-old outsider who was previously a Fox News weekend host

USJanuary 13, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Florida. on January 7. Getty Images / AFP
Trump refuses to rule out military action to seize Greenland and Panama Canal

President-elect also threatens to hit Canada with 'economic force'

USJanuary 07, 2025
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