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Thomas Watkins

Thomas Watkins

Washington Bureau Chief
Thomas Watkins is US bureau chief and foreign correspondent at The National. He has worked across America, Europe and South Asia and reported from 30 countries, primarily for Agence France-Presse as Pentagon correspondent and Af-Pak bureau chief. He joined The National in 2021 to help set up the Washington bureau and manage its 10-person team. Thomas holds degrees in psychology and journalism.
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Graduates at a commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. AFP
US could soon lift international student visa restrictions

Appointments for visa applications may soon open up

USJune 11, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US soldiers keep watch on the American embassy compound in Baghdad on January 1, 2020. Photo: Pentagon
US prepares to evacuate non-essential staff from Middle East as regional tension flares

Iranian Defence Minister says Tehran will strike US bases in the region if nuclear talks fail and conflict arises

USJune 11, 2025
Sinan Mahmoud
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. AP
US imposes sanctions on four ICC judges

Trump administration retaliates over investigations of Americans and Israelis for alleged crimes in Afghanistan and Gaza

USJune 05, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US President Donald Trump speaks to Elon Musk on March 14. AFP
How the Trump-Musk implosion played out on social media

Billionaire bromance comes to spectacular end

USJune 05, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee addresses the media in Jerusalem on May 9. EPA
CommentTrump administration increases its attacks on the media

US ambassador to Israel accuses press of spreading lies while Pentagon chief strips reporters of freedom

CommentJune 04, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US President Donald Trump with White House special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. AP
Steve Witkoff must testify about 'secret side deal' with Iran, top Democrat says

Middle East envoy has reportedly been negotiating compromise that would allow some of Tehran's uranium enrichment

USJune 03, 2025
Thomas Watkins
A Palestinian man inspects the rubble following Israeli strikes on the Al Qattaa family home in Al Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza city on Saturday. AFP
'Totally unacceptable': US rejects Hamas response to Gaza truce plan

Militant group wants to stagger the release of hostages and a commitment on aid

MENAMay 31, 2025
Hamza Hendawi
US President Donald Trump says US diplomacy stopped fighting between Indian and Pakistan. Bloomberg
Trump says he used trade as leverage to prevent possible nuclear war between India and Pakistan

India has denied the US 'mediated' an end to recent clashes

USMay 30, 2025
Thomas Watkins
Chinese students on the campus of Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing. AFP
US clampdown on Chinese student visas will put America first, State Department says

In the 2023-2024 academic year, more than 270,000 international students were from China

USMay 29, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. AFP
Marco Rubio submits plan to overhaul US State Department

Plan to cut thousands of jobs will result in more agile diplomatic operations, US Secretary of State says

USMay 29, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was acting against 'flagrant censorship actions' against US technology companies. AFP
US to deny visas to officials who censor Americans' opinions

Move comes as State Department targets pro-Palestinian protesters

USMay 28, 2025
Thomas Watkins
Displaced Palestinians receive food packages from a US-backed foundation pledging to distribute humanitarian aid in western Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 27, 2025. AFP
What is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation?

US-backed group faced chaotic scenes on first day of operations

USMay 27, 2025
Thomas Watkins
Palestinians desperate for food at a community kitchen in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis on Friday. AP
Hamas not looting Gaza aid lorries, says head of World Food Programme

Boy, four, dies of starvation in Gaza as humanitarian crisis deepens

MENAMay 25, 2025
Thomas Watkins
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office. Reuters
'We are going to succeed,' US says of Iran nuclear talks

Negotiations centre on Iran's enrichment levels

USMay 22, 2025
Thomas Watkins
A Qatari 747 that was gifted to the US has prompted ethical and political concerns. AP
Pentagon accepts Qatari 747 for future use as Air Force One

President Donald Trump has said it would be 'stupid' not to take plane

USMay 21, 2025
Thomas Watkins
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