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Alexander Ward

ARTICLES BY ALEXANDER WARD

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a press conference (REUTERS)

Venezuelan opposition’s calls to oust Maduro aided legal case for removal

3 min read . 14 Jan 2026

A camp housing displaced Palestinians along the waterfront in Gaza City on Tuesday.

US to unveil Gaza governance plan despite concerns over Hamas

3 min read . 14 Jan 2026

Human-rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed in a regime crackdown on demonstrators. (via REUTERS)

White House weighs Iran’s nuclear-talks offer as Trump leans toward strikes

5 min read . 13 Jan 2026

Attorney General Pam Bondi

Trump administration draws up new legal justification for Maduro operation

3 min read . 08 Jan 2026

During the briefing, Rubio played down the idea that the U.S. could seize Greenland by force, according to the people familiar with the briefing. (Getty Images via AFP)

Rubio tells lawmakers Trump aims to buy Greenland, downplays military action

3 min read . 07 Jan 2026

The analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency was briefed to President Trump. (Reuters)

CIA concluded regime loyalists were best placed to lead Venezuela after Maduro

5 min read . 06 Jan 2026

Venezuelans living in Chile gather to celebrate, after the US struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores overnight, in Concepcion, Chile, January 3, 2026.(Photo: Reuters)

Inside Operation Absolute Resolve, the incursion that deposed Venezuela’s Maduro

6 min read . 04 Jan 2026

US pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ plan to turn Gaza into high-tech metropolis

3 min read . 20 Dec 2025

Hegseth felt Holsey didn’t move quickly enough to develop the plans, the people said. (AP)

Hegseth asked top admiral to resign after months of discord

5 min read . 04 Dec 2025

A separate U.S. initiative to break the diplomatic deadlock between Ukraine and Russia that was already under way shifted to include the newly-drafted plan. (AFP)

How the US drafted a Russia-friendly peace plan for Ukraine

5 min read . 25 Nov 2025

Trump’s yearlong effort to broker a peace deal hasn’t yielded results so far. (via REUTERS)

Trump administration pushes new plan for ending Ukraine war

5 min read . 20 Nov 2025

Trump blames Democrats for the shutdown, and he has declined to meet with them until they vote to fund the government. (REUTERS)

Trump pivots second term toward foreign policy

5 min read . 31 Oct 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 24, 2025, as he travels on a week-long trip to Asia. (Photo: AFP)

Trump pitches meeting with Kim Jong Un during Asia Tour: ‘Put out the word’

5 min read . 25 Oct 2025

Hours after Trump called off a planned summit with Putin in Budapest, deeming it a waste of time, Russia launched new missile and drone strikes on Ukraine. (AFP)

Why Trump reached a breaking point with Putin

4 min read . 24 Oct 2025

Palestinians are displaced southward following an Israeli announcement Saturday that its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return.

How a missile strike unlocked a deal for peace in Gaza

10 min read . 05 Oct 2025

The Trump-Netanyahu relationship has come under scrutiny after Netanyahu has repeatedly and openly defied the American leader’s wishes. (REUTERS)

Trump confirms he will block Israel from annexing West Bank

4 min read . 26 Sept 2025

By Sunday morning, the U.K., Australia, Canada and Portugal endorsed Palestinian statehood. (REUTERS)

How Macron and Saudis turned the tide on Western support for a Palestinian state

4 min read . 23 Sept 2025

Trump told Netanyahu the decision to target Hamas political leaders in Doha, Qatar’s capital, wasn’t wise. (REUTERS)

Trump has heated call with Netanyahu over Israeli strike on Qatar

4 min read . 11 Sept 2025

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, 28 February. (AFP)

Pentagon has quietly blocked Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes on Russia

5 min read . 24 Aug 2025

Trump’s hopes for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hammer out a peace agreement haven’t materialized. (REUTERS)

How Trump’s Ukraine peace push stalled out in four days

5 min read . 22 Aug 2025