At least one U.S. citizen released from Belarus, Trump official says

U.S. citizen, two others released from Belarus, official says

A Trump administration official says three people have been released from detention in Belarus, including one U.S. citizen. This comes as news emerges of President Trump holding a call with Russian ...

CBS News - 6d

American citizen among 3 detainees released from Belarus

An American citizen is one of three detainees released by Belarus following negotiations with envoys from the Trump administration. The identity of the American detainee has not yet been released.

NBC News - 6d

Belarus frees three detainees including US citizen and journalist

Journalist with US-funded broadcaster among those in release hailed by ambassador as ‘big day for team America’. Belarus has released three detainees including a veteran journalist for a US ...

The Guardian - 5d

American citizen among 3 Israeli hostages released from Gaza

On Saturday, Hamas freed three Israeli hostages, including American Sagui Dekel-Chen, who was seized in kibbutz Nir Oz, a community that was especially hard hit during the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist ...

NBC News - 3d

U.S. Is Releasing Russian Cybercriminal to Moscow, Officials Say

The release is part of a swap with the Kremlin that freed an American schoolteacher being held in a Russian prison.

The New York Times - 6d

Trump lauds latest hostage release, says US will support Israel's decision on ceasefire

President Trump on Saturday celebrated the latest hostage release, when Hamas freed the last living Israeli American from captivity in Gaza, but warned the Palestinian militant group that the U.S. ...

The Hill - 3d

Hamas official says the militant group will release three hostages on Saturday

Hamas will free three hostages — Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Alexander Troufanov and Iair Horn — on Saturday, a spokesperson for the militant group said Friday.

NBC News - 4d

Moscow is preparing to deploy troops to Belarus, Zelensky says

Yahoo News - 3d

Official says Ugandan opposition figure will be tried in civilian court instead of military one

Yahoo News - 1d

US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups in Russia and Belarus

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad

ABC News - Feb. 7

Arrests of US citizens for cartel-related crimes in Mexico soared under Amlo

Sixfold rise from days of Peña Nieto suggests Americans have increasingly become pawns for drug gangs, study finds. The number of Americans arrested in Mexico for offenses related to organized ...

The Guardian - Feb. 11

Russian court orders US citizen suspected of drug smuggling held in custody

A Moscow court has ordered that a U.S. citizen suspected of drug smuggling should be in pre-trial detention for 30 days, the Moscow courts press service says

ABC News - 3d

Russian court orders US citizen suspected of drug smuggling to be held in custody

A Moscow court has ordered a U.S. citizen suspected of drug smuggling held in pre-trial detention for 30 days, the Moscow courts press service said Saturday, days after a Moscow-Washington prisoner ...

NBC News - 3d

Top Fed official plays down inflation risks from Trump tariffs

Governor Christopher Waller says levies would only cause temporary increase in prices

Financial Times - 1d

Journalist, American among 3 prisoners freed from Belarus

Andrei Kuznechyk was released from prison and reunited with his family on Wednesday.

ABC News - 6d

White House says American among three freed in Belarus

The White House said Wednesday that President Trump secured the release of at least three people jailed in Belarus, including an American it has not named and a Belarusian journalist. The ...

The Hill - 6d

Middle East crisis live: Hamas official calls Trump’s latest Gaza remarks ‘absurd’ after delaying hostage releases

Delay comes amid little progress over negotiations and Israeli official calls the move a violation of ceasefire deal. Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his ...

The Guardian - Feb. 10

As Hamas releases more hostages, some officials push President Trump's proposal for Gaza

Hamas freed three more hostages over the weekend in exchange for prisoners held by Israel amid a fragile ceasefire. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent Sunday in Israel, discussing the ...

CBS News - 1d

Marc Fogel released from Russia after talks with Trump envoy

White House claims detained teacher was freed after ‘show of good faith’ by Moscow

Financial Times - Feb. 11

Trump meets with Marc Fogel after release from Russia

Marc Fogel returned to the United States on Tuesday after spending more than three years in prison in Russia, expressing his appreciation to President Trump during an emotional meeting at the White ...

The Hill - 6d

From begging on the streets to K-pop star - how one North Korean man made it to the US

The first K-pop boy band with North Korean members aims to debut in the US later this year.

BBC News - Feb. 10

US committed to buying and owning Gaza, says Trump

There has been global condemnation of his plan to take over the strip and move its Palestinians out.

BBC News - Feb. 10

At least 10 dead in US floods and heavy rain

Kentucky has seen the worst effects of the rain so far, reporting at least nine dead.

BBC News - 1d

Israeli official says force withdrawal from key Gaza corridor has begun, as part of ceasefire deal

An Israeli official says that Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor, part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead

ABC News - Feb. 9

UN official says Sudan paramilitary group is preventing life-saving aid from famine-hit Darfur

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Sudan says the paramilitary group at war with the military in Sudan is preventing life-saving aid from reaching many people in the famine-hit Darfur ...

ABC News - Feb. 10

DHS cuts at least 405 employees from workforce

The Department of Homeland Security has cut 405 employees from its workforce, a DHS official first told ABC News on Friday.

ABC News - 3d

Seventh DOJ official resigns, warns Trump could use charges as leverage over NYC mayor Eric Adams

A letter from one federal prosecutor explains why the new administration is facing one of the largest Justice Department mass resignations since Watergate.

NBC News - 4d

A look at Trump's priority list from plastic straws to a new Air Force One

President Trump pushed hard to revamp the federal workforce, including controversial layoffs. Willie James Inman reports on some of the other changes Mr. Trump is focusing on, like paper straws, ...

CBS News - 2d

Trump vows to cut billions of dollars from US defence spending

President says ‘fraud and abuse’ at Pentagon will be Elon Musk’s next target

Financial Times - Feb. 9

Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption

Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to office of special counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs. A judge blocked Donald Trump ’s attempt to fire the head of a body that ...

The Guardian - 5d

Keir Starmer takes surprise call from Trump in meeting with US envoy

President phoned while PM was with Mark Burnett, the Apprentice producer appointed as ‘special envoy’ to UK. Donald Trump has spoken to Keir Starmer again after what appears to have been a ...

The Guardian - 4d

US scientists warn ‘critical work’ at risk from further Trump cuts

AAAS chief says more disruption risks undermining crucial healthcare and research, ahead of next month’s fiscal bill

Financial Times - 2d

Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government?

Trump and Musk are playing fast and loose with presidential and constitutional norms.

The Hill - 4h

More Trump-Putin direct talks expected after Saudi Arabia diplomatic meeting, official says

U.S. officials who attended diplomatic talks with Russian representatives say more developments are expected as part of the efforts to reestablish dialogue. This comes as the world reacts to ...

CBS News - 3h

Trump says Nippon Steel has dropped plan to buy US Steel

US president warns he could hit Japan with tariffs after vowing to place levies on imports from Canada and Mexico

Financial Times - Feb. 7

Trump says US and Russia to start talks on Ukraine war ‘immediately’

American leader will meet Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for discussions

Financial Times - 6d

Is Trump right when he says the US faces unfair trade?

He wants to hit back at countries that place import taxes on American goods that he thinks are too high.

BBC News - 4d

Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza

Israeli PM and US secretary of state express joint support for ‘bold vision’ that would force 2 million people to leave. Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government is working closely with the US to ...

The Guardian - 2d

At least one U.S. citizen released from Belarus, Trump official says

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