The United States will not see the minerals deal as a security guarantee for Ukraine. But it will give the United States an interest in protecting Ukraine, says Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to The Guardian.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is ready to sign a framework agreement with the United States on minerals. Source: Zelenskyy during a conversation with journalists on the results of talks between Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia,

US secretary of state says Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident who distributed Hamas pamphlets on campus, is a 'visitor' to the US and has no 'right' to stay in the country

Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly personally signed off on the arrest of pro-Palestinian Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, stating that he “didn’t have a right to be in the United States.” During a stop at Shannon Airport in Ireland en route to the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Canada,