John Coale

The initiative, which The Atlantic noted is "still in its early stages," would "promise to advance several of Trump's goals at once."

The deal was part of lengthy negotiations in which Washington is urging Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to free hundreds of people including human rights campaigners, political activists, journalists and lawyers in exchange for sanctions relief and an easing of his international isolation

They cited arbitrary arrests, torture, denial of legal safeguards, closed trials, and the continued harassment of former detainees

When John Coale, a friend of President Trump’s serving as a diplomat in Eastern Europe, was asked on short notice to meet with Belarus’s strongman leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, he followed colleagues’ advice to “yuk it up.”

From the minute King Charles and Queen Camilla stepped onto the White House South Lawn, US networks dumped their standard diet of political warfare and breaking news for something rare: pure pageantry

Today at least, both sides shied away from bomb throwing — but Charles brought a warning against a rupture

Today at least, both sides shied away from bomb throwing — but Charles brought a warning against a rupture

A Polish court ruled last month in favor of extraditing Butyagin to Ukraine, where he faced up to 10 years in prison for “destroying cultural heritage sites” and causing an estimated 200 million hryvnias ($4.6 million) in damages

For his part, John Coale asked whether this referred to the war with Iran