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Staff to be cut to dozens, with more authority expected to be handed to state and defense departmentsA large restructuring of the US National Security Council got under way on Friday as Donald Trump moved to reduce the size and scope of the once-powerf…
Tim Kaine condemns secretary of state for admitting Afrikaners while cancelling refugee schemes for othersMarco Rubio, the secretary of state, has defended the Trump administration’s controversial decision to admit 59 Afrikaners from South Africa as re…
Move comes one week after Trump announced all US sanctions on Syria would be liftedThe EU has agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria in an effort to help the war-torn country recover after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.After the decision b…
Closure reflects Trump’s downgrading of US-Palestinian relations, which started with closure of Jerusalem consulateThe United States has officially closed its Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem, according to an internal state department memo se…
U.S. officials who specialize in terrorism prevention are bracing for their office to be eliminated or broken up as the State Department readies to root out what Secretary Marco Rubio calls a “radical political ideology” embedded in a “sprawling burea…
Two sides set for first direct negotiations since March 2022 but Russia’s lower-level delegation in Istanbul seen as snubVolodymyr Zelenskyy has sent a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia, paving the way for the first direct negotiations…
Trump announced breakthrough after talks apparently secured by secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and vice-president, JD VanceKashmir crisis live – latest updatesAnalysis: now the battle turns to India and Pakistan’s narratives of KashmirIndia and Pakist…
US secretary of state urged both sides to de-escalate as he leads efforts to secure a solution to the deepening crisisKashmir crisis live – latest updatesUS secretary of state Marco Rubio has offered US assistance in starting “constructive talks” to en…
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson hails home town cardinal as Donald Trump and others offer congratulationsNew pope chosen: latest updatesAmericans are celebrating and speaking out after US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV…
The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan — one that has the real possibility of becoming nuclear — could turn out to be the first true test of the Trump administration’s foreign policy mettle, according to a new piece in The Atlantic. On Wed…