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Marco Rubio
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US shifts $52m in military aid from Europe and Middle East to Latin America
The State Department will redirect $52 million from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq toward Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia as Washington prioritises the Western Hemisphere.
US imposes South Africa visa restrictions over land and race policy dispute
Marco Rubio has announced visa restrictions for people the United States says enable uncompensated land seizures, racial discrimination or imminent racial violence in South Africa.
U.S.–Iran tanker war explodes across Gulf as one sailor dies and oil tops $100
Iran says it attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers after American forces destroyed five Iranian tankers, marking the largest declared shipping exchange of the war and pushing Brent crude beyond $100.
Global US visa pause follows court defeat as Trump administration tightens public charge scrutiny
US pauses immigrant visa appointments worldwide for tougher public charge training, delaying family cases after a major court defeat.
US lifts one of Syria’s biggest financial barriers as historic terrorism designation finally ends
US removes Syria from its terrorism sponsor list after 47 years, clearing a major barrier to banking, investment and post-war reconstruction.
US judge strikes down Trump administration’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries
A federal judge has vacated a State Department policy that suspended immigrant visa issuance to applicants from 75 countries on public-charge grounds.
US declares Myanmar scholar Min Zin wrongfully detained by China ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Washington has formally declared U.S. citizen and Myanmar analyst Min Zin wrongfully detained by China, elevating his release into a diplomatic priority weeks before Donald Trump hosts Xi Jinping.
US sanctions ICC president Tomoko Akane as Trump administration escalates campaign against court
The United States has sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, escalating Washington’s confrontation with the Hague tribunal over investigations involving Israel and the United States.
Russia frees former US Marine Robert Gilman after four years in detention
Russia frees former US Marine Robert Gilman after four years in detention as Trump says Putin granted a humanitarian pardon with no prisoner swap.
Trump cancels planned Iran attack as Hormuz peace framework awaits Tehran’s approval
Donald Trump cancelled an Iran attack, but Tehran has not accepted final terms. Hormuz, nuclear inspections and sanctions remain unresolved.