Humeyra Pamuk
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@Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity alum. Personal account.
SCOOP: Trump administration is directing U.S. diplomats to lobby against & erode support for a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, per an internal State Dept cable seen by Reuters. The resolution has for years passed w/huge margins 1/X
October 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
SCOOP: Trump administration is directing U.S. diplomats to lobby against & erode support for a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, per an internal State Dept cable seen by Reuters. The resolution has for years passed w/huge margins 1/X
SCOOP: In early July, U.S. embassy in Pretoria asked DC: Could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other criteria? A Trump appointee heading State Dept's refugee bureau said the program was intended for white people. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
SCOOP: In early July, U.S. embassy in Pretoria asked DC: Could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other criteria? A Trump appointee heading State Dept's refugee bureau said the program was intended for white people. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
SCOOP: President Trump yesterday said that he would help Afghan evacuees who were stuck in the UAE, but an internal State Dept cable shows that the Emirati government had already begun returning some of them to Afghanistan since early July & had informed Washington of its plan.
July 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
SCOOP: President Trump yesterday said that he would help Afghan evacuees who were stuck in the UAE, but an internal State Dept cable shows that the Emirati government had already begun returning some of them to Afghanistan since early July & had informed Washington of its plan.
Scenes from a very consequential day at the State Department — In solidarity with their more than 1,300 colleagues who have been fired today, State employees held an impromptu clap-out at the Department’s C street entrance. Tears, hugs and goodbyes.
July 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Scenes from a very consequential day at the State Department — In solidarity with their more than 1,300 colleagues who have been fired today, State employees held an impromptu clap-out at the Department’s C street entrance. Tears, hugs and goodbyes.
SCOOP: The Trump administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, U.S. officials tell @Reuters. The U.S. military could fly the migrants to the North African country as soon as Wednesday, although plans could still change. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: U.S. may soon deport migrants to Libya on military flight, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, three U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as part of his immigration crackdown and despite Washington's past condemnation of Libya's harsh treatment of detainees.
www.reuters.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
SCOOP: The Trump administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, U.S. officials tell @Reuters. The U.S. military could fly the migrants to the North African country as soon as Wednesday, although plans could still change. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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The traditional press corps will take shit forever for not asking more Biden age Qs, but 1) it asked a ton and 2) was never 1/1000th as sycophantic as this. It's embarassing.
April 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The traditional press corps will take shit forever for not asking more Biden age Qs, but 1) it asked a ton and 2) was never 1/1000th as sycophantic as this. It's embarassing.
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"Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to meet with senior U.S. State Department officials later on Tuesday in New York (…) and plead with Washington to provide a clear roadmap for permanent sanctions relief"
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Syria's foreign minister expected to meet with State Dept officials in New York, sources say
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to meet with senior U.S. State Department officials later on Tuesday in New York, two sources familiar with the matter said, and plead with Washington to provide a clear roadmap for permanent sanctions relief for Syria.
www.reuters.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to meet with senior U.S. State Department officials later on Tuesday in New York (…) and plead with Washington to provide a clear roadmap for permanent sanctions relief"
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Friday morning in the United States
April 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Friday morning in the United States
Trump administration moves to restore some of the foreign assistance programs that it shut down only days ago — yet another episode that captures how Washington’s rapid-fire funding cuts threw the global aid world into chaos. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
The administration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to reinstate at least six recently canceled U.S. foreign aid programs, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Trump administration moves to restore some of the foreign assistance programs that it shut down only days ago — yet another episode that captures how Washington’s rapid-fire funding cuts threw the global aid world into chaos. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
A second child with measles has died in Texas in an outbreak of the childhood disease that has resulted in nearly 500 cases in Texas and has spread across 22 states. The school-aged child was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions.
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Texas records second measles-related death, local media report
A second child with measles has died in Texas where hundreds of cases of the disease have been recorded in recent weeks, prompting U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to plan a trip to the state, local media reported early on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A second child with measles has died in Texas in an outbreak of the childhood disease that has resulted in nearly 500 cases in Texas and has spread across 22 states. The school-aged child was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ken...
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U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower late on Sunday, suggesting a continuation of the two-day selloff that wiped trillions from equity values after the Trump administration's tariffs announcement last week. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...
US investors braced for more volatility, bumps ahead of Monday trading open
Some traders believe the stock market will at least attempt to stage a comeback of sorts.
www.reuters.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower late on Sunday, suggesting a continuation of the two-day selloff that wiped trillions from equity values after the Trump administration's tariffs announcement last week. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...
Speechless
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Speechless
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said. www.reuters.com/world/us/usa...
USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said. www.reuters.com/world/us/usa...
NEW: The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, pushing ahead with a sale that the Biden administration had delayed over concerns the arms could be used by extremist Israeli settlers. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US sending Israel 20,000 assault rifles that Biden had delayed, say sources
The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter, pushing ahead with a sale that the administration of former president Joe Biden had delayed over concerns they could be used by extremist Israeli settlers.
www.reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW: The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, pushing ahead with a sale that the Biden administration had delayed over concerns the arms could be used by extremist Israeli settlers. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country. www.politico.eu/article/musk...
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country. www.politico.eu/article/musk...
SCOOP: The U.S. is weighing in with Lebanon's government on the selection of the country's next central bank governor in a bid to curtail corruption and illicit financing for the armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system, sources tell @reuters.com
Exclusive: US weighing in on Lebanon's next central bank chief, sources say
The US hopes to curtail illicit financing for armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system.
www.reuters.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
SCOOP: The U.S. is weighing in with Lebanon's government on the selection of the country's next central bank governor in a bid to curtail corruption and illicit financing for the armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system, sources tell @reuters.com
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@reuters.com's Maya Gebeily, @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social and Laila Bassam: U.S. officials have interviewed candidates to be Lebanon's next central bank governor, are additionally consulting with Saudis: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: US weighing in on Lebanon's next central bank chief, sources say
The US hopes to curtail illicit financing for armed group Hezbollah through Lebanon's banking system.
www.reuters.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
@reuters.com's Maya Gebeily, @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social and Laila Bassam: U.S. officials have interviewed candidates to be Lebanon's next central bank governor, are additionally consulting with Saudis: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
NEW: The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters.
March 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters.
NEW: Trump team has acted fast to revamp the State Department bureaucracy. Per our scoop last week, his aides asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the bureaucracy to step down, before expanding that request to scores of other high-ranking policy officials. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump team asks three US senior career diplomats to resign, sources say
Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department's workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, in a possible signal of deeper changes ahead for the diplomatic corps.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
NEW: Trump team has acted fast to revamp the State Department bureaucracy. Per our scoop last week, his aides asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the bureaucracy to step down, before expanding that request to scores of other high-ranking policy officials. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
ICYMI: In Brussels, I had a wide-ranging interview w/Sec Blinken. Asked him if he did everything he could to stop the killing of Gazan women and children. Propley will judge his legacy, he said, but for now, he was using every minute in office to achieve a ceasefire www.reuters.com/world/us/bli...
December 6, 2024 at 10:51 AM
ICYMI: In Brussels, I had a wide-ranging interview w/Sec Blinken. Asked him if he did everything he could to stop the killing of Gazan women and children. Propley will judge his legacy, he said, but for now, he was using every minute in office to achieve a ceasefire www.reuters.com/world/us/bli...
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Ukraine has asked NATO for a membership invite at today's meeting of foreign ministers. It's very unlikely to get one, diplomats tell us.
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NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick invite
NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting on Tuesday, according to diplomats, dashing Kyiv's hopes of a political boost as it struggles on the battlefield and awaits Donald Trump's return to the White House.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Ukraine has asked NATO for a membership invite at today's meeting of foreign ministers. It's very unlikely to get one, diplomats tell us.
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Our @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social sat down with Blinken today - She Asked if he did everything he could to stop the killing of Gazan women and children. He said people will judge his legacy but for now, he was using every minute in office to achieve a ceasefire. reuters.com/world/us/blink…
https://reuters.com/world/us/blink…
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Our @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social sat down with Blinken today - She Asked if he did everything he could to stop the killing of Gazan women and children. He said people will judge his legacy but for now, he was using every minute in office to achieve a ceasefire. reuters.com/world/us/blink…