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Trump Envoy Secures Release Of American Teacher Marc Fogel By Russia

The White House has announced that American school teacher Marc Fogel, who was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian prison, has been freed.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo after a joint news conference at the Culture Palace in Guatemala City on February 5, 2025. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Guatemalan President Agrees To Accept Deportees Regardless Of Nationality

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo revealed on Wednesday that his country is willing to take in migrants deported under the Trump administration, regardless of nationality.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a swearing-in ceremony at the Vice President’s ceremonial office at Eisenhower Executive Office Building January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rubio has been sworn in as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rubio Freezes Passports Applications With ‘X’ Gender Markers After Trump Order

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has required the U.S. state department to freeze passport applications that allow Americans to designate their gender identity as “X.”

TOPSHOT - A Pride flag is displayed during a Pride celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Bans Pride Flags And BLM Flags At U.S. Embassies: ‘Only The USA Flag Is Authorized To Be Flown’

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. State Department to prohibit flying any flag that is not the official United States of America flag, including the LGBTQ pride flag and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag.

This photograph taken in Pordenone on September 16, 2023, shows Italian journalist Cecilia Sala posing for a photo at the Pordenonelegge Literature Festival in Pordenone. Iran confirmed on December 30, 2024 that it had arrested Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the law", state media reported, a move that has been decried by Italy as "unacceptable". (Photo by Andrea MEROLA / ANSA / AFP) / Italy OUT (Photo by ANDREA MEROLA/ANSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Italy Pressures Iran Ambassador To Release Italian ‘Political Prisoner’ Journalist Held In Iranian Prison

Italy’s foreign ministry came down on Iran’s ambassador on Thursday, demanding the release of Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained in Iran on December 19th.

Turkish police officers gather as an armed personnel vehicle drives along a road in Kahramankazan, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Ankara on October 23, 2024, near the gate of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), after a huge explosion outside the headquarters left a number of people "dead and injured", Turkey's interior minister said, describing it as a "terrorist attack". (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Terrorist Attack On Turkish Defense Company Leaves At Least 3 Dead And 14 Wounded

At least three people have been killed and 14 were wounded in a “terrorist attack” at one of Turkey’s top defense companies on Wednesday, according to Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya.