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Dispatch Washington · May 23, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in New Delhi on May 26 for a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue foreign ministers' meeting hosted by Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, where he will face pointed questions from counterparts about the depth of President Donald Trump's commitment to the grouping. [1][2] Australia's…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani formally requested on May 22 that EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas place sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on the agenda of the next EU foreign ministers' meeting. [1][2] The request follows Ben-Gvir's publication on May 20…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters at a Moscow press briefing on May 22 that Russia would provide "the most active support" to Cuba and "reaffirm[s] full solidarity" with the government of President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Zakharova condemned what she characterized as "gross interference in the internal affairs…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 The United States inaugurated a new consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on May 21, marking the first purpose-built American diplomatic facility on the island since the 1950s. The opening established a more permanent American presence on the Arctic island, where unease has grown since President Donald Trump revived talk of…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a directive prohibiting the transfer of the country's near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile abroad, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters, placing a direct obstacle in front of ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Tehran and Washington. Iranian officials believe that sending the material abroad would leave…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 The Justice Department on May 21 unsealed a federal indictment charging former Cuban President Raúl Castro with murder, conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, and destruction of aircraft in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two small planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based exile organization [1][2]. The…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted video to social media on May 20 showing himself touring a makeshift detention facility at the Port of Ashdod, where approximately 430 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla were being processed after Israeli naval forces intercepted the convoy in international waters earlier…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 President Donald Trump stated on May 21, 2026, that he intends to speak directly with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, tying a potential call to his administration's unresolved decision on a $14 billion arms package for the island. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that he would…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a formal warning on May 20 that any resumed U.S. or Israeli military action would trigger retaliation extending beyond the Middle East. The IRGC, in a statement released on its Sepah News website, asserted that despite facing the combined military force of the…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on May 20 the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, charging him with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four individual counts of murder [1][2]. The indictment, returned by a…