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Thomas Watkins

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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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Mock drones and missiles on display at a square in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
US hits Houthi anti-ship missile launchers in Yemen

Latest strike follows attack on American merchant ship

USJanuary 16, 2024
American and British jets and warships shot down drones and anti-ship missiles fired by the Houthis on Tuesday night, the US military said. AFP
Houthis claim Red Sea attack that targeted US warship

Twenty-one drones and missiles intercepted by US forces, with assistance from Britain's Royal Navy

GulfJanuary 10, 2024
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin in Israel last month. AP
Pentagon chief Austin 'recovering from prostate cancer surgery'

Walter Reed military hospital provides account of Pentagon chief's recent treatment

USJanuary 09, 2024
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin spent time in hospital for complications following an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said. AFP
US defence secretary returns to work after hospital stay

Pentagon says hospital admission was not disclosed earlier for privacy reasons

USJanuary 06, 2024
A US strike in Baghdad killed a military commander of the PMF with an Iraqi security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack. AFP
Three killed in strike on Iran-backed militia base in Baghdad

Government says strike is an attack on Iraq's sovereignty

IraqJanuary 04, 2024
He said there have been 25 Houthi attacks since November 18 on merchant vessels transiting the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Reuters
Houthis sent explosive drone boat towards Red Sea shipping lanes, Pentagon says

Unmanned attack vessel blew up before doing any harm

USJanuary 04, 2024
The USS Mason shot down a suspected Houthi drone flying in its direction during an incident this month in the Bab El Mandeb. AP
Houthis may have 'bitten off more than they can chew' in Red Sea, Pentagon says

More than a dozen countries participating in coalition that aims to protect shipping and thwart attacks

USDecember 21, 2023
Voters in Ohio during a 2022 local election. Getty Images / AFP
What will happen in the 2024 US presidential election?

Joe Biden's age, Donald Trump's criminal indictments and the state of the US economy will all play a role

USDecember 21, 2023
Donald Trump at a campaign event at the weekend. Getty / AFP
Trump ditches racist dogwhistle for a loudspeaker

Former president borrows rhetoric from Nazi Germany

CommentDecember 18, 2023
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, left, and Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant speak in Tel Aviv on Monday. AFP
Pentagon chief: Extremist Israeli settler attacks in West Bank must stop

US has announced travel ban on Israeli settlers involved in violence against Palestinians

USDecember 18, 2023
Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip after Israeli air strikes this week. EPA
Israelis are not seeing all that is happening in Gaza

A walk into occupied East Jerusalem shows how differently the conflict is being portrayed to Israelis

CommentDecember 15, 2023
An Israeli flag on the ground in Sanaa, after the Houthis attacked a Norway-flagged tanker off Yemen. EPA
Western allies consider options against Houthis including Yemen strikes

Rebels' Red Sea attacks are jeopardising imminent peace road map, diplomats and officials warn

GulfDecember 14, 2023
Members of the pro-Ukrainian Russian ethnic Siberian Battalion rest while training close to Kyiv on Wednesday. AP
Ukraine will get the US aid it needs, former Nato envoy predicts

Republicans holding up Ukraine money until immigration concerns are addressed

USDecember 13, 2023
With no tourists because of the Gaza war, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was empty on a recent Saturday. Willy Lowry / The National
Why Christmas isn't coming to Bethlehem this year

The town of Jesus's birth has opted to forgo festivities in solidarity with the people of Gaza

WeekendDecember 08, 2023
A woman reacts after the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israeli strikes on Ma'an school, east of Khan Younis, were laid out at Nasser Hospital. Reuters
Israel mounts deadly offensive in southern Gaza Strip

Death toll soars as military pushes deeper into area once supposed to be a safe haven

Palestine-IsraelDecember 05, 2023
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