Thomas Watkins
US Edition Editor at The National
Washington bureau chief for @thenationalnews. Board member @ForeignPressUSA Previously Islamabad, Kabul, Paris, LA, London. Send me Marmite https://t.co/KJLCSwiAQ7
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2 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Watkins
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities had been a "resounding success", angrily pushing back against the "fake news" media for questioning how effective the attacks were. President Donald Trump and his administration are furious after a preliminary assessment of the strikes suggested they may not have fully destroyed Iran's nuclear facilities. The report was leaked to the press.
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3 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Watkins
The ceasefire between Israel and Iran marks a dramatic culmination of events that have urgently reshaped the geopolitics of the Middle East, leaving many wondering what US President Donald Trump's next moves might be in the region. His first order of business will be to shore up the fragile truce, which came after the US joined Israel in bombing Iran by striking three nuclear sites at the weekend. Israel also wiped out many of Iran's air defences and hit its senior commanders and officers.
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6 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Watkins
Pakistan has announced it will formally recommend US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his "pivotal leadership" and role as "peacemaker" during the recent Kashmir crisis. Setting aside India's denial that Mr Trump facilitated an end to the hostilities in the region, Islamabad's timing could hardly have been more awkward.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Watkins
President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US military had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, bringing to a head days of speculation about whether America would get directly involved in Israel's war against Tehran. Israel had repeatedly called on its ally America to join its war and Mr Trump has said he would not tolerate Iran developing a nuclear weapon.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Watkins
The State Department said on Wednesday that international students can again apply for US visas but all applicants must unlock their social media accounts for government inspection. The change means that applicants will be told to set all of their social media accounts to public. If they do not, it could be interpreted as an attempt to hide activity of which the government disapproves.
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