December 2025

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he was naming Ukraine’s former ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment.   “Starting today, Oksana Markarova will continue supporting our state as my Advisor on Rebuilding and Investments,” he wrote on X.   “Beyond the fundamental goal of defending…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its diplomats worldwide to stop processing visas for Afghan nationals, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, effectively suspending the special immigration program for Afghans who helped the United States during its 20-year-long occupation of their home country, Reuters reports.   The cable, sent to all…