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JARED KUSHNER

A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2026
U.S.-Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz
Sources said the two ?countries discussed the Strait of Hormuz and financial incentives ?for Iran, two pillars of the initial agreement they signed in June.
Women cross a street past a mourning billboard depicting Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a strike on the first day of the US-Israeli war against the Iran on Feb. 28, in Tehran on Tuesday ahead of his public funeral.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2026
Iran says it won¡¯t meet with U.S. envoys, clouding prospects for peace deal
Tehran also said the two ?sides must still sort out the terms of a ceasefire before addressing topics, such as its nuclear program.
People cross a street past a billboard depicting Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei kissing the slain Islamic revolutionary guards commander Qasem Soleimani near the shrine of Imam Hussein Iraq's holy city of Karbala, displayed on the facade of a building in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
U.S. and Iran negotiators head to Doha, but meeting uncertain
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, according to his ?press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Protestors demonstrate near Edi Rama's offices in Tirana on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2026
Kushner-linked protests reveal depth of anger at Albanian leaders
The rallies are unprecedented in a country that has experienced periods of significant political and economic turmoil since the fall of communism in 1992.
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against a luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast, in Tirana, Albania, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2026
Brussels presses Albania as Kushner resort threatens to flout EU environmental law
The European Commission has urged Albania to act without delay to ensure ?it is aligned with EU environmental legislation if it wants ?to accede ?to the bloc.
Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff, special peace envoys, take part in a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran on April 12 in Islamabad.
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2026
The high cost of Donald Trump¡¯s crony diplomacy
Together, Kushner and Witkoff have spearheaded negotiations on Ukraine, Gaza and Iran.
Unlike his predecessors, U.S. President Donald Trump didn¡¯t divest or move his assets into a blind trust with an independent overseer.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 18, 2026
Trump¡¯s more than 3,700 trades astonish Wall Street insiders
In the first quarter, the U.S. president bought at least $1 million each in companies including Nvidia, Oracle, Microsoft, Boeing and Costco Wholesale.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (L) speaks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of their meeting on Iran amid the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2026
U.S.-Iran talks pause for now as disagreements remain
The talks in Islamabad were the first direct U.S.-Iranian meeting in more than a decade and the highest-level discussions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
People wave national flags and hold portraits of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei as they march in support of the Iranian armed forces in central Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2026
U.S. insists talks ongoing even as Iran rejects Trump outreach
The Trump administration has compiled a 15-point peace proposal that Pakistan delivered to the Islamic Republic, according to people familiar with the matter.
U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner (right), and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. Some experts said the two lack the depth of knowledge and experience to go up against veteran negotiators like Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and their Russian interlocutors and that they were in over their heads in such complicated conflicts.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2026
U.S. envoys juggle two crisis talks, raising questions about prospects for success
The shuttle diplomacy by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner has raised questions about the likelihood of them resolving either of the crises, experts say.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. They are leading the U.S. team in the negotiations with Iran.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2026
U.S. and Iran hail progress in nuclear talks after Trump threats
Success in the talks could pave the way for an agreement between Tehran and Washington that would lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for major restrictions on its nuclear program.
A woman holds a Ukrainian flag at a protest near the United Nations office, on the day of U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2026
Ukraine and Russia hold talks in Geneva as Trump puts pressure on Kyiv
Ahead of the negotiations, Russian airstrikes severely damaging the power network in the ?southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
U.S. businessman Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump and one of his envoys for the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, speaks at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Thursday.
WORLD
Jan 23, 2026
U.S. touts ¡®New Gaza¡¯ filled with luxury real estate
The transformation could emerge in three years, says Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump and one of his envoys for the Gaza ceasefire.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left), French President Emmanuel Macron (center) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a news conference upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2026
U.S. backs security guarantees for Ukraine at summit of Kyiv¡¯s allies in Paris
Talks to bring the almost four-year ?war to an ?end have accelerated since November.
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at the inaugural parade in the Capitol One Arena in Washington on Jan. 20.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 17, 2025
Jared Kushner is back and breaking a vow to avoid politics
The son-in-law of the president¡¯s return to the scene has raised familiar questions from his first stint in the White House, when critics questioned both his competence and ethics.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff (right) holds the hands of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before they pose for photos on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2025
U.S. dangles security guarantees for Ukraine but no deal on ¡®painful¡¯ territorial concessions
Envoys sent by U.S. President Donald Trump made the unprecedented offer at talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2025
Ukraine drops NATO goal as peace talks in Berlin extend into second day
This marks a major shift for Ukraine, which sees NATO membership as a safeguard against Russian attacks and has such an aspiration included in its constitution.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right), presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev (right) and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov (fourth from right) attend a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff (second from left), and son-in-law, Jared Kushner (third from left), at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2025
U.S. and Russia find ¡®no compromise¡¯ on key territory issue after Ukraine talks
¡°Some American solutions can be discussed,¡± top Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said after the meeting in the Kremlin.
Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) speak to the press after a meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2025
Rubio sees progress in Florida talks with Ukraine, but more work needed to reach deal
The top U.S. diplomat said the talks were meant to create a pathway for Ukraine to remain sovereign and independent.
Charles Kushner attends the funeral for Ivana Trump, socialite and first wife of former U.S. President Donald Trump, at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York in July 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2024
Trump taps Charles Kushner, father of his son-in-law, as envoy to France
The choice is in keeping with Trump¡¯s pattern, so far, of selecting people, often wealthy, who are close to his family or of proven loyalty.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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