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‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
By Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/white-south-africans-denied-refugee-status-us

#SouthAfrica #USforeignpolicy #USnews #Worldnews #Refugees #Race #Africa #Thefarright #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #RachelSavageinJohannesburg

‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/white-south-africans-denied-refugee-status-us #SouthAfrica #UsForeignPolicy #UsNews #WorldNews #Refugees #Race #Africa #TheFarRight #TrumpAdministration

CBS’s 60 Minutes accused of peddling pro-Iran war propaganda in segment
By Richard Luscombe

Critics say segment on US rescue operation in Iran was made to boost public perception of Trump’s unpopular war

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/14/cbs-60-minutes-iran-war-propaganda

#CBS #USIsraelwaronIran #DonaldTrump #USmilitary #PeteHegseth #USforeignpolicy #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #USnews #UStelevisionindustry #Media #BariWeiss #TheGuardian #RichardLuscombe

CBS’s 60 Minutes accused of peddling pro-Iran war propaganda in segment https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/14/cbs-60-minutes-iran-war-propaganda #Cbs #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #UsMilitary #PeteHegseth #UsForeignPolicy #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #Media #BariWeiss

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/14/gulf-states-postpone-strait-of-hormuz-talks-iran-yemen-houthi-saudi-arabia-airbase-pipeline #StraitOfHormuz #Yemen #SaudiArabia #Houthis #Iran #SaudiArabiaDroneAttacks #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies
By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Impasse comes amid growing Saudi anger with Tehran over Houthi advances and strikes on airbase and pipeline

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/14/gulf-states-postpone-strait-of-hormuz-talks-iran-yemen-houthi-saudi-arabia-airbase-pipeline

#StraitofHormuz #Yemen #SaudiArabia #Houthis #Iran #SaudiArabiadroneattacks #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PatrickWintourDiplomaticeditor

Making Iraq ‘normal’ again: do mass arrests and cash seizures signal end to corruption?
By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad

Government insiders say the new PM is unleashing an ‘earthquake’ to clean up the system. But Iraqis have heard it all before

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/iraq-normal-again-mass-arrests-cash-seizures-end-corruption

#Iraq #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #USnews #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #GhaithAbdulAhadinBaghdad

Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland
By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

US president say on visit to republic that unification will happen eventually so ‘may as well happen now’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/donald-trump-says-he-would-love-to-see-united-ireland

#DonaldTrump #Ireland #NorthernIrishpolitics #Europe #USforeignpolicy #NorthernIreland #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #RoryCarrollIrelandcorrespondent

Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/donald-trump-says-he-would-love-to-see-united-ireland #DonaldTrump #Ireland #NorthernIrishPolitics #Europe #UsForeignPolicy #NorthernIreland #UkNews #Politics

From socialist student to Trump proxy: the 25-year rise of Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez
By Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Those who have encountered the interim president paint her in starkly different ways, but all agree she is likely to remain in power

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/12/venezuela-president-delcy-rodriguez-trump-rise-to-power

#DelcyRodrguez #Venezuela #Worldnews #Americas #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #Oil #TheGuardian #TomPhillipsLatinAmericacorrespondent

#usa #israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #government / #usforeignpolicy

„Getting rid of one bad leader won’t bring justice.“

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/netanyahu-haaretz-report-october-7/

Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world | Simon Jenkins
By Simon Jenkins

The US president is ever more wayward – and has little interest in defending Europe. The constitution may hold him to account, but we can’t wait

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/britain-donald-trump-us-president-secure-defence-europe

#DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #USpolitics #USforeignpolicy #Defencepolicy #USnationalsecurity #USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #SimonJenkins

Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/britain-donald-trump-us-president-secure-defence-europe #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics #UsForeignPolicy #DefencePolicy #UsNationalSecurity #UsMidtermElections2026 #UsNews #WorldNews

Trump’s clash with Canada is his latest imperialistic embarrassment | Sidney Blumenthal
By Sidney Blumenthal

The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/trump-carney-canada-imperialism

#DonaldTrump #USnews #Canada #MarkCarney #Americas #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #SidneyBlumenthal

Violence erupts in Yemen again: why it matters globally and how it is linked to the US-Iran war
By William Christou

Houthis try to take control of more of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government, giving Iran and its allies control over a key shipping lane

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/violence-erupts-in-yemen-again-why-it-matters-globally-and-how-it-is-linked-to-the-us-iran-war

#Yemen #Houthis #SaudiArabia #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #USforeignpolicy #USnews #TheGuardian #WilliamChristou

Trump’s comments on the Falkland Islands reflect a fractured US-UK relationship https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/trump-falkland-islands-us-uk-relationship #DonaldTrump #FalklandIslands #UkNews #Argentina #Nato #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #RonaldReagan #UsPolitics #UsNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #Americas

Trump’s comments on the Falkland Islands reflect a fractured US-UK relationship
By Ted Widmer

President suggested US might not help UK if Argentina tried to seize Falklands – a new low for UK-US ‘special relationship’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/trump-falkland-islands-us-uk-relationship

#DonaldTrump #FalklandIslands #UKnews #Argentina #Nato #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #RonaldReagan #USpolitics #USnews #USIsraelwaronIran #Worldnews #Americas #TheGuardian #TedWidmer

Trump’s repeated threats to ‘wipe out’ Iran are normalizing mass violence | Mohamad Bazzi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/trump-iran-violence #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #Iran #UsNews #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsForeignPolicy #BidenAdministration #Israel

Trump’s repeated threats to ‘wipe out’ Iran are normalizing mass violence | Mohamad Bazzi
By Mohamad Bazzi

The president’s latest warning barely registered, written off as typical behavior. But the threats have real-world consequences

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/trump-iran-violence

#USIsraelwaronIran #DonaldTrump #Iran #USnews #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #USforeignpolicy #Bidenadministration #Israel #TheGuardian #MohamadBazzi

Rubio says US will work with allies on drug-trafficking as three killed in latest boat strike https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/rubio-us-allies-drug-trafficking #MarcoRubio #UsForeignPolicy #Ecuador #UsMilitary #DrugsTrade #WorldNews #UsNews #Americas

Rubio says US will work with allies on drug-trafficking as three killed in latest boat strike
By Associated Press

Rubio visits Ecuador and welcomes cooperation after campaign of unilateral strikes on alleged ‘narco-terrorists’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/rubio-us-allies-drug-trafficking

#MarcoRubio #USforeignpolicy #Ecuador #USmilitary #Drugstrade #Worldnews #USnews #Americas #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s oil deal: Venezuela pays for his vanity | Editorial
By Editorial

The US president seized a nation’s natural wealth in a modern-day version of gunboat diplomacy to feed his ego – not to lower Americans’ fuel bills

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/09/the-guardian-view-on-donald-trumps-oil-deal-venezuela-pays-for-his-vanity

#Venezuela #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #Oil #DelcyRodrguez #USforeignpolicy #Americas #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s oil deal: Venezuela pays for his vanity | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/09/the-guardian-view-on-donald-trumps-oil-deal-venezuela-pays-for-his-vanity #Venezuela #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Oil #DelcyRodrguez #UsForeignPolicy #Americas #UsNews #WorldNews

Iran claims to have attacked 10 ships near strait of Hormuz after US strikes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/iran-claims-to-have-attacked-10-ships-near-strait-of-hormuz-after-us-strikes #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Oil #UsForeignPolicy #MarcoRubio #WorldNews #UsNews

Iran claims to have attacked 10 ships near strait of Hormuz after US strikes
By William Christou

Oil price rises above $100 a barrel as Tehran responds to US attacks that sunk five Iranian tankers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/iran-claims-to-have-attacked-10-ships-near-strait-of-hormuz-after-us-strikes

#Iran #StraitofHormuz #Oil #USforeignpolicy #MarcoRubio #Worldnews #USnews #TheGuardian #WilliamChristou

#usa #israel #palestine : #gaza / #usforeignpolicy / #diplomacy / #credibility

„During a … press conference in Ukraine, Kushner, who is married to the president’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, was asked by NBC[‘s] R. Engel why people should have “any confidence” in his or Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff’s diplomatic abilities.
As Engel noted, the pair was involved in negotiations to rebuild Gaza following the war between Israel & Hamas, but Gaza remains a “wasteland.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushner-hit-with-brutal-question-about-his-war-failures/

Will UK sanctions have any impact on Israel’s ‘settler terrorists’ in West Bank?
By Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

A look at whether Ed Miliband’s plans will be effective and what they signal for future Israel-UK relations

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/will-uk-sanctions-have-any-impact-on-israel-settler-terrorists-west-bank

#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #EdMiliband #Foreignpolicy #UKnews #USforeignpolicy #Politics #TheGuardian #EmmaGrahamHarrisoninJerusalem

Iran claims to have seized American drone US says had ‘malfunctioned’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/iran-underwater-drone-strait-of-hormuz #UsForeignPolicy #UsNews #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

Iran claims to have seized American drone US says had ‘malfunctioned’
By Shrai Popat in Washington

Centcom says ‘defective’ drone was surveilling regional waters and was not collecting sensitive data

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/iran-underwater-drone-strait-of-hormuz

#USforeignpolicy #USnews #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #ShraiPopatinWashington

Argentina says it will file criminal charges against energy company in Falklands row
By Guardian staff and Reuters

Javier ⁠Milei has vowed to sanction oil companies drilling in the British overseas territory amid speculation Donald Trump is reviewing UK’s sovereignty ​claims

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/08/argentina-criminal-charges-navitas-petroleum-falkland-islands-drilling

#FalklandIslands #Argentina #UKnews #Israel #Energyindustry #DonaldTrump #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #Reuters