State Department Advances Trump Crackdown on ‘Far-Left Terrorism’

26 août 2026 à 18:56

Critics say the Trump administration’s focus is disproportionate, as analysts raise alarms about the growing strength of far-right movements.

An encampment of displaced Palestinians in February, surrounded by destroyed buildings in Gaza City.

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Trump’s Top Gaza Official Says Israel Is Jeopardizing the Cease-Fire

Par : Natan Odenheimer

26 août 2026 à 11:04

Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, criticized Israel for its ongoing strikes on what it says are Hamas targets, after it rejected a plan to disarm the group.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Gaza City earlier this month.

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Canadians Stand Their Ground Amid New Trump Tariffs and Expanding U.S.-Canada Trade War

Par : Vjosa Isai

26 août 2026 à 05:03

Business owners are preparing for financial pain after the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed. But many Canadians are embracing a show of resistance.

Of Canadian politicians’ responses to the trade war, perhaps the most colorful came from Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, on Monday.

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Trump Administration Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress for Review

Par : Robert Jimison

25 août 2026 à 21:09

The prospect that the kingdom could enrich uranium has drawn opposition from Democrats and revived concerns about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi energy minister, in Saudi Arabia last year. The two signed an agreement last month as part of a broader package of cooperation on civilian nuclear power.

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At Trump’s IndyCar Race, a V.I.P. Invitation Became a Diplomatic Snub

Par : Anton Troianovski and Eric Schmitt

25 août 2026 à 19:24

Foreign ambassadors were promised free food and drinks, misting fans and shaded seats during the event. Then some of them were uninvited.

White House staff members watch the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the National Mall last week. Some ambassadors were uninvited.

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Gold, Flights, Cryptocurrency: U.S. Vows to Go After More Than Iran’s Oil

Par : Zane Irwin

26 août 2026 à 08:46

The United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.

A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. The United States imposed a monthslong blockade on Iran’s shipments of oil, the nation’s economic engine.

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In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues

Par : Peter Baker

26 août 2026 à 00:06

While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.

World leaders and domestic institutions are showing less willingness to submit to President Trump’s will.

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What’s More Than ‘Maximum’? Trump Faces Limits on Iran Sanctions.

Par : Michael Crowley

25 août 2026 à 15:14

President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior.

President Trump has bombarded Iran with new sanctions during his second term, targeting virtually the country’s entire economy.

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C.I.A. Director Makes Secret Visit to Moscow

Par : Julian E. Barnes and Paul Sonne

25 août 2026 à 13:51

John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow in a military cargo plane from Riga, Latvia. It is not clear whom he met or what the purpose of his trip was.

Mr. Ratcliffe’s decision to fly on a military aircraft, probably for increased security, drew immediate attention.

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Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America as U.S.-Canada Trade War Heats Up

Par : Karoun Demirjian

25 août 2026 à 11:45

The president’s threat is his latest jab at Canada since trade talks between the two countries broke down.

The name of Lake Ontario has become a recent target of President Trump.

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Canada Fires Back in Trade War Against Trump With Up to 50% Tariffs

Par : Ian Austen

25 août 2026 à 23:02

Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.

The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant in Clairton, Pa. Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on hundreds of American products including steel.

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Trump Administration to Return Diplomats to Middle East Embassies

Par : Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon

25 août 2026 à 05:32

Evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early as this week, an internal document shows, suggesting Washington does not anticipate a renewal of full-scale conflict with Iran.

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut will be the first to see staff return, according to State Department documents.

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How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ana Swanson

25 août 2026 à 08:39

Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about the trade dispute with the United States on Monday at the Davie Shipyard in Levis, Quebec.

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Trump Administration Aims to Revoke Visas of Foreign Citizens Applying for Asylum

Par : Edward Wong

24 août 2026 à 23:37

The State Department, in a move that could affect as many as 200,000 visa holders and asylum applicants, has begun its review. Cancellations could occur in waves.

“Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud — which is grounds for visa revocation,” Tommy Pigott, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement.

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U.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs

Par : Ian Austen

24 août 2026 à 20:33

The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say.

Harvested logs in British Columbia in 2023. Canada’s forestry industry may be hit particularly hard by the latest American tariffs.

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Trump’s Attempt to Strangle Iran’s Economy Depends on China’s Cooperation

Par : David E. Sanger

24 août 2026 à 21:10

The U.S. has spent 20 years promising ‘crippling sanctions’ on Iran. But the latest effort comes with a reverse twist, after military action failed to accomplish President Trump’s goals.

In announcing Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump administration said on Monday that it would involve choking off every last transaction that funnels money to Tehran.

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A New Effort to Punish Iran

Par : Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer

24 août 2026 à 16:48

The Trump administration says it will try to cut the country off from the global economy by targeting its trading partners.

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U.S. Unveils Campaign to Cripple Iran’s Economy, but Offers Few Details

Par : Alan Rappeport

24 août 2026 à 15:07

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged the effort was more of a warning shot that would begin a period of “quiet diplomacy.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States would “tighten the noose” around Iran by imposing sanctions on every source or facilitator of its revenue.

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U.S. Military Kills 2 People in Attack on Boat in Pacific

Par : Eric Schmitt

24 août 2026 à 09:00

The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago.

A screen grab from a video posted by U.S. Southern Command on Monday showed what it said was a vessel operating along a drug-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific.

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UK Prime Minister Burnham Arrives in Ukraine as Russia Amps Up Warnings

Par : Michael D. Shear · Adam Goldman and Jeanna Smialek

24 août 2026 à 13:47

In his first foreign trip since taking office, the British prime minister pledged to stand by Kyiv despite new warnings of potential consequences.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain on Monday at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Ukraine’s national military memorial cemetery in Hatne, southwest of Kyiv.

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Can ‘Argentina’s Texas’ Save the Country’s Economy?

Par : Emma Bubola and Sarah Pabst

24 août 2026 à 05:02

Thousands of Argentines are flocking to a remote stretch of Patagonia, seeking work with only backpacks, tents and the hope that they and their country can turn around their fortunes.

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Bessent is expected to announce new measures aimed at isolating Iran.

Par : Alan Rappeport

24 août 2026 à 04:59

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a news conference outlining the new package of measures.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last week that countries that continue to do business with Iran would face the “full might and force” of the U.S. government.

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Trump’s Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans

Par : Bayliss Wagner

24 août 2026 à 09:30

A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.

President Trump arriving aboard Air Force One at Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 14.

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Iran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War

Par : Erika Solomon

23 août 2026 à 13:00

Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.

Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s new security chief, last month in Tehran. Though hostilities have largely ceased, the United States and Iran are locked in an economic standoff.

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U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations

Par : The New York Times

25 août 2026 à 14:49

Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney retaliated “dollar for dollar.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the trade dispute with the United States in Levis, Quebec, on Aug. 24.

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Echoing Trump, Latin America’s Leaders Boost Allies Across Borders

Par : Emma Bubola · Annie Correal and Ana Ionova

23 août 2026 à 05:01

With cheers, endorsements and insults for rivals and “wokismo,” a new crop of right-wing leaders are openly stepping into one another’s elections.

President Javier Milei of Argentina, left, with Flávio Bolsonaro, who hopes to be Brazil’s next president, last month. Mr. Milei’s strident support of Mr. Bolsonaro’s candidacy led to a rift with the current Brazilian president.

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Mexican Governor Accused by U.S. of Aiding Cartel Leaves Office, Again

Par : James Wagner and Lars Dolder

23 août 2026 à 10:32

Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa reversed course a day after returning to office, amid widespread criticism, including from members of his own party.

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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected

Par : Ana Swanson

23 août 2026 à 10:43

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.

Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said Canada would have been given the most preferential treatment of any trading partner.

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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation

Par : Ian Austen

22 août 2026 à 16:35

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had pulled negotiators out of trade talks with the United States because the Trump administration had “asked too much and offered too little.”

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Waking Up to an Escalating Canada-U.S. Trade War

Par : Ian Austen

22 août 2026 à 06:22

The two countries are locked in a potentially devastating tariff war after last-minute demands ended talks in Washington late Friday night.

Dominic LeBlanc and Janice Charette at the Canadian Embassy in Washington in June.

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Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

23 août 2026 à 03:15

Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly.

Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said on Saturday that “Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.”

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How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy

Par : Valerie Hopkins

22 août 2026 à 10:38

The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the president’s style. Critics contend he is giving up too much to an authoritarian leader.

John Coale, the U.S. special envoy to Belarus, was on hand last year in Lithuania for the arrival of released prisoners from Belarus.

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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

21 août 2026 à 20:06

Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of up to 50 percent last year.

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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff · Ian Austen and Ana Swanson

22 août 2026 à 11:59

Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he suspended the trade talks because the American side introduced last-minute terms that ”called into question the reliability of any deal.”

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Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

Par : Mattathias Schwartz

21 août 2026 à 22:12

The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

Travelers arriving from international flights outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit at Kennedy International Airport in New York last year.

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Mexican Governor, Accused by U.S. of Helping Cartel, Returns to His Job

Par : James Wagner

22 août 2026 à 02:42

After U.S. prosecutors accused Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, he said he would step down to focus on his defense. On Friday, he declared he was back and faced much criticism.

Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, during an annual earthquake drill in Culiacán, Mexico, in 2024.

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U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say

Par : Madeleine Ngo · Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

21 août 2026 à 16:56

The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.

A plane carrying deportees from the United States at Roberts International Airport in Liberia on Thursday.

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Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists

Par : Zane Irwin

21 août 2026 à 16:35

Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries.

A flotilla of about 50 boats carrying humanitarian aid departed Marmaris, Turkey, in May, intending to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israeli forces boarded the boats and detained 400 people.

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5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia

Par : Pranav Baskar · Hamed Aleaziz and Genevieve Glatsky

21 août 2026 à 19:36

At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

The Bamy Hotel, where migrants are held, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

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Zambia’s Democratic Facade Fractures in Post-Election Crackdown

Par : John Eligon and Rabecca Lungu

21 août 2026 à 15:47

While the government says it is preventing an insurrection, activists and international observers have raised fears about arbitrary arrests and electoral fraud.

Zambian police officers watched as supporters of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema celebrated his victory in the street in the capital, Lusaka, on Tuesday.

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Germany Identifies a Plot After Finding a Weapons Cache, but Names No Culprit

Par : Christopher F. Schuetze

21 août 2026 à 13:28

Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.

“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.

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Gazebos From Uzbekistan: The Latest Foreign Gifts in Trump’s Washington

Par : Luke Broadwater

21 août 2026 à 11:54

The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes.

Workers moving materials for Uzbek gazebos at West Potomac Park on Tuesday. President Trump’s expansive plans for the area also include reflecting pools, dining facilities and an amphitheater.

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Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran

Par : David Pierson and Berry Wang

21 août 2026 à 09:44

Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.

Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.

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Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways

Par : Roger Cohen

21 août 2026 à 05:04

The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.

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Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power

Par : Roger Cohen

21 août 2026 à 05:01

In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at Palazzo Chigi in Rome last month.

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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Par : Robert D. McFadden

20 août 2026 à 22:14

A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.

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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Par : Robert D. McFadden

20 août 2026 à 22:14

A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.