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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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      US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz wants to get to the bottom of how a journalist ended up in a group chat discussing strikes against the Houthis. Reuters
      CommentSpilling America’s security secrets is fine, as long as you're in the Trump cabinet

      Several in the Signal chat scandal expressed outrage over Hillary Clinton's emails, but give themselves a pass for revealing plans to attack the Houthis

      OpinionMarch 25, 2025
      Russian delegation members, including Sergey Beseda, adviser to the head of the FSB, left, and Senator and former diplomat Grigory Karasin, centre, leave the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after talks between Russia and the US on ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. EPA
      US and Russian delegations hold talks in Riyadh

      President Donald Trump says territorial lines of demarcation and fate of children abducted from Ukraine by Russia discussed

      MENAMarch 24, 2025
      Elon Musk leaves a meeting with House Republicans in the basement of the US Capitol building on March 5. Getty Images / AFP
      Elon Musk has a very bad day as investors go into full-blown panic mode

      World's richest man lost $22 billion. And that was just on Monday

      OpinionMarch 10, 2025
      Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where a sell-off is accelerating. AFP
      US recession fears add fuel to stock sell-off

      Tech-heavy Nasdaq drops 4 per cent while Tesla sheds more than 15 per cent

      EconomyMarch 10, 2025
      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
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      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
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