President Donald Trump could meet Vladimir Putin as soon as next week, a White House official said, as the US continued preparations to impose secondary sanctions, including potentially on China, to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
US federal employees are facing a barrage of intimidation and harassment after a group linked to the Trump administration posted their personal information on online “watchlists” denouncing them as liberals. Some have been fired. Two have moved abroad, fearing for their safety. Read our special report.
Trump said he may use the National Guard to police the streets of Washington, D.C., and a White House official said federal law enforcement would increase its presence in the city this week, as the president eyes taking over running the city that serves as the seat of the US government.
Firefighters battled for a third day to contain France’s biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades, which has burnt over 16,000 hectares, killed one person and destroyed dozens of houses.
Ibrahim al-Najjar said he lost his five-year-old son Naim to malnutrition that is ravaging Gaza. One year later, he is still grieving while scrambling to make sure his other children don’t suffer the same fate.
Nearly 700,000 Afghans have been expelled from Iran since June, over accusations by Iranian authorities that Afghan nationals were spying for Israel, according to the UNHCR. The war triggered rushed exits has left many without their wages or possessions.
When Trump welcomes the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the White House on Friday, the meeting will culminate in the signing of a peace framework that includes exclusive US development rights to a strategic transit corridor through the South Caucasus, officials told Reuters.