State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
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State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to designate more than a half-dozen criminal groups with roots in Latin America as foreign terrorist organizations, said five U.S. officials with knowledge of the imminent action. The move, to be carried out by the State Department, follows an…

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
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USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month that lifesaving humanitarian work would be exempt from a freeze on foreign aid, global health workers breathed a collective sigh of relief. But a new directive has put such exemptions on hold. Several senior…

Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
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Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said on Wednesday that he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first confirmed conversation between…

Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’
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Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said on Wednesday at a meeting of countries supporting…

How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals
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How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To Ukraine, they are a chit to play in an ongoing appeal to President Trump for more financial and military support. To Mr. Trump, they should be overdue payment for billions of dollars committed to Kyiv’s war effort. Either way, Ukraine’s vast and…

Modi Hopes a White House Visit Will Keep India Out of Trump’s Sights
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Modi Hopes a White House Visit Will Keep India Out of Trump’s Sights

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As he prepared to go to Washington this week, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, spoke of building on the warm relations he shared with President Trump during his first term in the White House. But Mr. Trump can be a fickle friend. So…

Russia Releases Marc Fogel After Talks With Trump Envoy
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Russia Releases Marc Fogel After Talks With Trump Envoy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Tuesday secured the release of an American imprisoned in Russia as part of a deal with the Kremlin negotiated by Mr. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. The American, Marc Fogel, a teacher who was arrested on…

Jordanian King Rebuffs Trump Proposal to Displace Palestinians in Gaza
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Jordanian King Rebuffs Trump Proposal to Displace Palestinians in Gaza

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday rebuffed President Trump’s proposal for his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza, saying that he remained opposed to a plan Mr. Trump has laid out to clear the territory so the United States can seize…

Who Is Marc Fogel? The American Teacher Caught in a Global Power Struggle.
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Who Is Marc Fogel? The American Teacher Caught in a Global Power Struggle.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Marc Fogel had traveled readily to and from Russia many times before his fateful last return to the country in August 2021. He had taught history for almost a decade, mostly to the children of diplomats, at the Anglo-American School in Moscow. But…

Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Hangs in the Balance Ahead of Trump’s Meeting With Jordan’s King
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Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Hangs in the Balance Ahead of Trump’s Meeting With Jordan’s King

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The future of the cease-fire in Gaza, along with the territory’s long-term fate, hung in the balance on Tuesday as President Trump prepared to meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan amid a public spat between the American leader and Hamas. Mr. Trump…