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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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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani is on a diplomatic visit to Washington. April 16. The National
Al Sudani says he does not want Iraq involved in broader conflict

On Washington visit, Iraqi Prime Minister balances domestic pressures with US expectations

MENAApril 17, 2024
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Reuters
Pro-Palestine Yale students to hunger strike over university's Israel arms investments

Group accuses famed university of 'complicity in genocide' for investing in companies that supply Israel

USApril 12, 2024
Rescue workers at the destroyed Iranian embassy compound in Damascus. AP
Iran says UN Security Council partly to blame if it strikes Israel

Israel has been on high alert since April 1 killing of several senior members of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria

NewsApril 11, 2024
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. EPA
Austin: Too many civilians killed in Gaza but no evidence of genocide

Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin also says widespread famine would ensure a long-term conflict

USApril 09, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv in October last year. Mr Biden has faced criticism as the US continues to send military aid to Israel. AFP
Biden’s Gaza policy has become an electoral liability

US President has put pressure on Israel to address the humanitarian disaster, but is it too little, too late?

CommentApril 07, 2024
A US Army ship sails from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, to take part in the Gaza pier mission. AP
Why is US building Gaza pier and how much aid will it deliver?

Structure could supply millions of meals a day, but won't be operational until May, Pentagon says

USMarch 13, 2024
FBI Director Christopher Wray appears before the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing. Getty / AFP
Threats against US have surged since October 7, FBI director says

US intelligence community predicts Hamas will engage in armed resistance for years to come

USMarch 12, 2024
CIA chief William Burns appears before a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing. Bloomberg
Not funding Ukraine a 'massive and historic mistake', CIA director warns

Hungary's Victor Orban says Donald Trump told him US would not give another 'penny' to Kyiv if he is re-elected

USMarch 11, 2024
The Pentagon displays images of the temporary pier that will be installed off Gaza at a briefing in Washington. Thomas Watkins / The National
Port for Gaza aid could take 60 days to build, Pentagon says

More than one million Palestinians a step away from famine, UN has warned

USMarch 08, 2024
US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address. Getty / AFP
Biden lays down election marker with fiery State of the Union address

Opinion polls show American voters are distinctly unenthusiastic about the seemingly inevitable Biden-Trump 2024 rematch

CommentMarch 08, 2024
A Houthi supporter holds up a mock drone during a protest against the US and Israel in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
Iran temporarily 'deterred' in Iraq and Syria but not elsewhere, Centcom head says

US needs to step up development of microwave-directed energy systems to counter drones and missiles, Gen Michael Kurilla says

USMarch 07, 2024
The flag of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group is raised during a protest outside the US Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019. Reuters
Exclusive'Unannounced truce' halts Iraq militia attacks against US forces

The pause agreement involves Baghdad and Tehran and was reached after the last strike on February 4

IraqMarch 07, 2024
Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza amid a ground incursion of the enclave. Reuters
Rafah invasion could cross Biden's line on Israel arms sales

Letter comes as report shows US has shipped weapons to Israel more than 100 times since October 7

USMarch 06, 2024
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin at a House armed services committee hearing on Thursday. AP
US 'clarifies' Austin's Gaza toll of 25,000 women and children

Defence chief was quoting Hamas numbers and the US is not tracking Gaza casualty figures, Pentagon says

USFebruary 29, 2024
Joe Biden and Donald Trump. AFP / Getty Images
Why age is more than just a number for Biden and Trump

US voters regard both men as too old for the world's hardest job

USFebruary 23, 2024
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