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  1. 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

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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

  2. 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’

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

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

  3. 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

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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

  4. #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.”

    thedailybeast.com/jared-kushne

  5. 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

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

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

  6. 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

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/s

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

  7. Kate from Kharkiv: "Kushner and Witkoff press conference in Kyiv was a complete disaster. They have zero understanding of what they are doing.

    ​They dedicated a large portion of it to convincing Ukrainians, in an extremely patronizing tone, that peace is good for us. Like, yeah???"

    #Kushner #Witkoff #USforeignpolicy #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar

  8. "... Whatever pressure the Kushner-Witkoff meeting generate will also run up against Washington’s thinning leverage. The stick is short because U.S. military aid shipments to Ukraine have already stopped. Trump has little left to threaten withholding. The carrots are not much sturdier. ..."

    #Kushner #Witkoff #USA #USforeignpolicy #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar
    policymagazine.ca/unbelievable

  9. "... What Kushner said was that he and Trump wanted a “win-win” kind of deal for Russia and Ukraine. The amazing thing was that he said that thinking he was being positive for Ukraine! He was there, in Kyiv, a capital of a country Russia had invaded, has brutalized, and whose soil and people Russia is attempting to steal—and he said he wants to get Putin a “win” of some sort.
    ..."

    #Kushner #Witkoff #RussiaUkraineWar #Russia #Ukraine #USforeignpolicy
    phillipspobrien.substack.com/p

  10. US military says it struck three Iranian tankers after American warships came under missile attack
    By Marina Dunbar and agencies

    Officials said US aircraft carrier and destroyer avoided attacks before three Iranian tankers were struck by the US

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #USIsraelwaronIran #USmilitary #USforeignpolicy #USnews #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MarinaDunbar #agencies

  11. Bangkok Post – US envoy says Israel has responsibility for Palestinians

    Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, talks with members of the local municipal council in the Israeli-occupied…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Israel #israel–palestinerelations #MiddleEastdiplomacy #MikeHuckabee #SettlerViolence #TurmusAyya #USambassadortoIsrael #USforeignpolicy #WestBank
    newsbeep.com/719750/

  12. Trump’s ‘retribution’ could now include Falklands as favor to Milei – and revenge on the UK
    By Robert Tait in Washington

    US president suggests he might support his Argentinian acolyte’s drive to reclaim sovereignty of disputed islands

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #DonaldTrump #Argentina #FalklandIslands #UKnews #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #USpolitics #USnews #Americas #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RobertTaitinWashington