#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Why South Africa is in Trump’s crosshairs. Trump has turned sharply against South Africa in recent weeks. Some onlookers think the primary audience is nativist Trump supporters at home.
#Mar.17.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Pentagon deploys Navy destroyer for unusual U.S. border mission. The vessel is commonly used in overseas missions. The Coast Guard typically takes a lead role in security missions at sea close to the United States.
#Mar.16.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump’s aid freeze hampers anti-narcotics programs in Latin America. The aid freeze has upended anti-narcotics efforts in Latin America, with programs in Colombia, Mexico, and Ecuador affected.
#Mar.16.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump orders large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis. While warning Iran, Trump vowed to use “overwhelming lethal force” against Yemen’s Houthis for its attacks on commercial ships and U.S. forces in the region.
#Mar.15.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Rubio says South African ambassador to U.S. ‘no longer welcome’. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called South Africa’s U.S. ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, “a race-baiting politician who hates America” and declared him persona non grata.
#Mar.15.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × G-7 overlooks Trump’s brash insults to find agreement on Russia, China. The Group of Seven’s show of unity in Quebec papered over Trump’s dismissiveness of Canada as a sovereign country and threats to impose tariffs on European wine and liquor.
#Mar.14.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Carney sworn in as Canada’s prime minister amid Trump trade war. The former central bank chief takes over at what he has called “a time of great peril” for Canada, with Trump attacking its sovereignty and economic security.
#Mar.14.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Hamas says it will release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage. The offer to release the American hostage appears to be an effort to pressure Israel into starting discussions over a second phase to the ceasefire in Gaza.
#Mar.14.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump praises talks with Putin, asks Russians to spare Ukrainian soldiers. Vladimir Putin told a news conference that he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire, but he immediately spelled out tough conditions that appeared to rule out agreement.
#Mar.14.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × If peace comes, Putin could face the ire of his most hard-line backers. Vladimir Putin convinced many in Russia that there was an existential battle against the U.S. Now they have to deal with a thaw in U.S.-Russian relations.
#Mar.14.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | A new transatlantic alliance is taking shape in reaction to Trump. Amid a tariff war, Canadians are warming to the idea of strengthening ties with Europe. Analysts view stronger engagement as “not just strategic, but essential.”
#Mar.14.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump’s trade war, rhetoric put his ambassador picks in tough spot. Worsening relations with three of the United States’ biggest trading partners dominated a Senate hearing for the would-be U.S. ambassadors to Canada, Mexico and Japan.
#Mar.13.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Inside a Mexican cartel ‘extermination’ camp: Ovens, shoes and teeth. A civilian search group found a gruesome site near Guadalajara, sparking outrage as authorities had raided the area months earlier but did not uncover the graves.
#Mar.13.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × U.S. influencer snatches baby wombat from its mom. Cue Australian ire.. Widely shared video of the woman holding the baby wombat prompted Australian authorities to open an investigation into her visa status.
#Mar.13.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Russia pushing Ukraine out of Kursk as Trump envoy arrives in Moscow. Russia says it will discuss the U.S. ceasefire proposal, but President Vladimir Putin has signaled he seeks to expel the remnants of Ukrainian forces from Kursk.
#Mar.13.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × U.N. humanitarian affairs chief issues warning about U.S. funding cuts. With crises from Sudan to Gaza, the United Nations is estimating that it will not be able to help some 200 million people in desperate need of humanitarian aid this year.
#Mar.12.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Talk of ceasefire and aid spurs hope in Ukraine, anger in Russia. The resumption of U.S. military and intelligence aid for Ukraine follows a contentious White House meeting between the American and Ukrainian leaders, but Moscow is unlikely to agree to the proposed ce
#Mar.12.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × U.S. allies in Asia still hope to avoid steel and aluminum tariffs. The Trump administration’s 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are now in effect but South Korea, Japan and Australia remain hopeful of exemptions.
#Mar.12.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Chinese naval modernization may be aided by foreign firms, report says. The striking growth of China’s shipbuilding industry — commercial and military — poses national security concerns for the United States, analysts say.
#Mar.12.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × U.S. and Ukraine huddle for talks as Moscow and Kyiv trade strikes. The high-stakes meeting in Saudi Arabia tests if the U.S. and Ukraine can reverse the plunge in relations that prompted Washington to pause military and intel support.
#Mar.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Visualizing Ukraine’s military aid after the U.S. freeze. Since 2022, the United States has allocated more than $100 billion in aid to Ukraine. European nations have collectively allocated over $140 billion.
#Mar.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × ‘Unlawful’ suspension of USAID funding probably violated Constitution, judge says. The Trump administration probably violated separation of powers by withholding nearly $2 billion in Congress-approved foreign aid funds, a U.S. district judge ruled.
#Mar.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Amid fierce fighting along the front, Ukraine prepares for U.S. talks. Over the weekend, Russian forces pushed hard against the territory controlled by Ukraine in Kursk, but troops are still holding on.
#Mar.10.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Canada’s next leader says he’ll stand up to Trump. Who is Mark Carney?. Mark Carney was elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, poising the former governor of two central banks to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister.
#Mar.10.2025
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