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December 5, 2025 9:27 AM

Trump puts his own name on US Institute of Peace ahead of Rwanda-Congo peace deal

President Donald Trump's name has been affixed to the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., nearly nine months after his Department of Government Efficiency seized the nonprofit organization and all but closed it. The change came ahead of Trump hosting the presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo inside the building on Thursday for the signing of a U.S.-brokered peace deal. Trump's State Department said it renamed the building, adding Trump's name abov...

December 3, 2025 10:42 AM

Brazil’s Lula and Trump discuss trade, sanctions in phone call

U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed trade, the economy and fighting organized crime in a phone call on Tuesday, both sides said. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the two men also discussed sanctions - an apparent reference to his administration's targeting of Brazil's judiciary over the criminal case of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro. Trump said he and Lula "had a great talk. We talked about trade. We talked ab...

December 3, 2025 10:35 AM

Trump says any country trafficking drugs into US could be attacked

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said any country trafficking illegal drugs into the U.S. could be attacked. "Anybody that's doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack," Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House, after raising the issue of cocaine from Colombia. Colombian President Gustavo Petro shot back at Trump in a post on X, arguing the South American nation destroys a drug-producing laboratory every 40 minutes - "without missiles." Trump has ...

November 30, 2025 3:29 PM

US State Department stops processing visas for Afghan allies

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its diplomats worldwide to stop processing visas for Afghan nationals, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, effectively suspending the special immigration program for Afghans who helped the United States during its 20-year-long occupation of their home country. The cable, sent to all U.S. diplomatic posts on Friday, says that effective immediately, consular officers are instructed to reject any immigrant or non-immigra...

November 30, 2025 9:26 AM

Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety," but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas as his administration ramps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government. "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump said in a Truth Social post. U.S. officials con...

November 27, 2025 9:31 AM

Trump says South Africa won’t get 2026 G20 invite, South Africa calls it punitive

Donald Trump said South Africa will not be invited to take part in next year's G20 summit in Florida after Washington boycotted the leaders' summit in Johannesburg last week, which the African nation called a "punitive" measure against it. The Group of 20 leaders adopted a declaration on Saturday toaddress the climate crisis and other global challenges despite U.S. objections, prompting the White House to accuse South Africa of weaponising its leadership of the group this year. "At the conclus...

November 26, 2025 8:55 AM

Trump says no firm deadline for Ukraine, Russia to reach peace deal

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to agree to a U.S.-backed peace plan and shrugged off a report that U.S. negotiator Steve Witkoff coached the Russians on how to approach him on the topic. Trump, speaking to reporters on board Air Force One as he flew to Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday, said U.S. negotiators were making progress in discussions with Russia and Ukraine, and Moscow had agreed to some concessions. He did not detail them. ...

November 22, 2025 6:31 PM

G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration despite US boycott, opposition

A Group of 20 leaders' summit in South Africa adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted without U.S. input in a move a White House official called "shameful". The declaration, using language to which Washington has been opposed, "can't be renegotiated," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson told reporters, reflecting strains between Pretoria and the Trump administration over the event. "We had the entire ye...

November 21, 2025 11:51 AM

Trump says ‘seditious’ Democrats urging US troops to refuse illegal orders should face death

President Donald Trump on Thursday assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of the U.S. military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who could face execution. Trump reposted an article about a video released on Tuesday by six Democratic lawmakers who served in the military or in the intelligence community. "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" the Republican president wrote in a Truth Social post. "This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country," Trump wrote...

November 20, 2025 9:51 AM

Trump Quietly Backs New 28-Point Plan Aimed At Ending Russia-Ukraine War.

Washington has initiated a renewed diplomatic effort to break the deadlock in the Ukraine conflict, preparing a 28-point peace framework after weeks of quiet consultations with key stakeholders, including Russia and Ukraine. A senior White House official said the administration believes “there is a chance to end this senseless war if flexibility is shown,” underscoring the government’s intent to restart formal talks. According to US media reports, the plan has been shaped under the guidan...