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      Thomas Watkins

      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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      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
      Play11:23:44
      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
      Play17:20:00
      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
      Israeli strikes destroyed residential buildings in the Qatari-funded Hamad city in Gaza on Saturday. Reuters
      What will happen to Gaza when the war ends?

      Israel wants a new buffer zone inside the enclave but US views this as a non-starter

      Palestine-IsraelDecember 04, 2023
      Protesters during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks. AFP
      Who are the remaining hostages held in Gaza?

      More than 100 Israelis are in the Gaza Strip, and thousands of Palestinians remain in administrative detention

      Palestine-IsraelDecember 03, 2023
      The normally bustling city of Bethlehem is quiet as tourists and pilgrims stay away while the war rages on. Willy Lowry / The National
      Sadness and fear in West Bank as Israel resumes Gaza offensive

      Palestinians in the occupied territory feel hopeless as war rages on

      Palestine-IsraelDecember 02, 2023
      Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun, Israel. EPA
      'Tension in the air' say Israelis in Tel Aviv as war resumes

      End of truce met with mixed feelings in Israel after hundreds of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives were released

      Palestine-IsraelDecember 01, 2023
      Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah. AP
      Play15:17:41
      Blinken stresses need to protect civilians in southern Gaza

      US Secretary of State's visit did little to satisfy Palestinians

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 30, 2023
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