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More than 13,000 Afrikaners have moved to the US as refugees since the first group arrived in May 2025. Photo: Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFE

US refugee programme for white South Africans faces rejection wave

Trump issued an executive order in February 2025 establishing a refugee resettlement programme for white South Africans, or Afrikaners, whom he described as victims of systemic racial...

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, DC, US, March 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House

Supporters gather outside the federal courthouse after a hearing in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting, in Boston, Massachusetts, US, June 2, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

In loss for Trump, US Supreme Court won't let Postal Service restrict mail ballots

President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies. Photo: Reuters

Trump calls $5,000 payouts 'easy' to fit into federal budget

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The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theatre than fact

President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies. Photo: Reuters

Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US

Ethel Yazza, 67, a member of New Mexico's Santa Clara and Picuris indigenous communities, stands outside a store in this screen grab taken from a video, in Taos, New Mexico, US, September 8, 2026. Yazza said she opposes US President Donald Trump's idea of renaming New Mexico "New America". Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Hay

New Mexicans deride Trump's 'New America' idea

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 22, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Kremlin says Ukraine talks with US envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US approves $5b sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia

Henry David Abraham. Photo: Henry David Abraham via Wikimedia

Nobel-winning psychiatrist says Trump is 'more dangerous' as mental health worsens

A woman walks near a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump on a building in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

What is Trump's new Iran strategy, and can it work?

US President Donald Trump speaks about election security during an address to the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on 16 July 2026. Photo: Reuters/FIle

US defends Trump's Venezuela oil deal

Installations at the El Palito refinery of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, after the National Assembly approved a major reform of the country's main oil law, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, January 22, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo

Trump's oil deal with Venezuela raises red flags for some major producers: Sources