Jeff Mason

2 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Jeff Mason |Daphne Psaledakis |Idrees Ali |Ahmed Rasheed

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said American personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place," adding that the United States would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday that the U.S. is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and will allow military dependents to leave locations around the Middle East due to heightened security risks in the region, according to U.S. and Iraqi sources.

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Nandita Bose |Jeff Mason

U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white "genocide" and unfair land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Murder rates are high in South Africa, but the overwhelming majority of victims are Black.

2 months ago | japantimes.co.jp | Simon Lewis |Jeff Mason

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said at the White House on Monday he had no plans to return a man mistakenly deported from the United States, suggesting that doing so would be like smuggling a terrorist into the country.

2 months ago | japantimes.co.jp | Jeff Mason |Philip Blenkinsop |Joe Cash

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war rattled global markets anew on Thursday as stocks and oil prices sank amid fears China may once again respond in kind with higher tariffs to match the latest levies imposed by the United States. Battered global markets and anxious global leaders welcomed Wednesday's reprieve when Trump suddenly decided to freeze most of his hefty new duties for 90 days.

Mar 20, 2025 | japantimes.co.jp | Jeff Mason |David Brunnstrom |Erin Banco

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly and that his efforts to achieve a peace deal for the country were going "pretty well" after his talks this week with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders. Trump made the comments at a White House event after signing an order to increase U.S. production of critical minerals. "We're doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia.