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Zambia Says President Won Re-election After Tumultuous Campaign

17 août 2026 à 22:21
With a second term, Hakainde Hichilema must navigate relations with the Trump administration, which has sought greater access to the copper-rich nation’s natural resources.

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President Hakainde Hichilema, center, running for re-election, after voting in Lusaka, Zambia, last week.

Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

17 août 2026 à 02:16
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

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In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”

Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff

17 août 2026 à 08:32
Prime Minister Andy Burnham messaged briefly with a person impersonating Susie Wiles, a British government official said.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain speaking in London this month. An official said Mr. Burnham had exchanged a few messages of no significance with an impersonator.

Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza

17 août 2026 à 17:23
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country’s military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.

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Jared Kushner speaking about the Board of Peace, an organization backed by the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.

Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South

17 août 2026 à 06:57
President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing

17 août 2026 à 04:29
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

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A rally in Tehran in April, with posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The ayatollah has not been seen in public since being named supreme leader of Iran.

U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War

17 août 2026 à 10:04
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

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People in Tehran, Iran, last month. Iranians are coping with severe economic strain from six months of war.

Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza Plan

16 août 2026 à 17:16
The president’s son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader.

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Jared Kushner earlier this year.

As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones

16 août 2026 à 13:39
The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa

As part of its expansionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, the Trump administration is trying to reassert its dominance, one U.S. visa at a time.

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The State Department overseen by Marco Rubio has restored the visas of political figures in Central America once penalized by the U.S. government and has revoked visas for others.

Syrian Convicted in Austria of Civil War Abuses Is Detained in Syria

15 août 2026 à 11:28
Musab Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria’s civil war.

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Musab Abu Rukbah, right, and Roman Valach, one of Mr. Abu Rukbah’s lawyers, leaving a Vienna courtroom after a hearing in June.

Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off

16 août 2026 à 21:13
Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 200,000 Canadians want him gone.

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Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, at the embassy’s July 4 party at his official residence in Ottawa.
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