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Trump blocks South Africa from 2026 G20 summit for alleged ‘horrific human rights abuses’
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would not invite South Africa to the 2026 G-20 summit in Florida, citing alleged «horrific human rights abuses.»
«To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them,» Trump alleged in a Truth Social post. «At my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G-20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year,» he added.
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The Embassy of South Africa did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Clayson Monyela, head of diplomacy for the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, dismissed the notion that South Africa could be shut out.
«South Africa is a founding member of the G-20. We don’t get invited to G-20 meetings and leaders summit. Those are gatherings of members. If other members allow this then the G-20 will die,» Monyela told Fox News Digital.
«Other countries have already told us that they too will boycott the U.S. G-20 if South Africa is excluded,» Monyela added.
If carried out, the move would break with more than two decades of precedent and mark the first time a member has been formally excluded from the gathering of the world’s major economies.
President Donald Trump criticized South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for failing to acknowledge alleged human rights abuses. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
The G-20, which brings together major advanced and emerging economies and accounts for roughly 80% of global GDP and two-thirds of the world’s population, has historically operated on the principle of inclusion.
That tradition already was strained after the U.S. boycott of the 2025 meeting held in Johannesburg earlier in November.
The Trump administration argued that the country’s government had failed to address violence and discrimination it claimed was occurring in rural farming communities. Additionally, the U.S. objected to the meeting’s focus on climate and development issues rather than core economic priorities.
TRUMP ADMIN SLAMS SOUTH AFRICA FOR ‘WEAPONIZED’ G-20 PRESIDENCY AS SUMMIT IGNORES CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION
The boycott marked a notable break from past U.S. engagement, leaving the world’s largest economy missing from a key forum for global economic policymaking.
Trump also said in the same Truth Social post that he would halt U.S. payments to South Africa.
«South Africa has demonstrated to the world they are not a country worthy of membership anywhere and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately,» Trump wrote.
President Donald Trump said he would halt payments to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s country. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone/AP)
The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for further details.
It remains unclear how the move will affect the country’s standing within the G-20 or broader U.S.–South Africa relations ahead of the 2026 summit in Florida.
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Relations between Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have steadily deteriorated in recent months.
President Trump announced on Truth Social earlier in November that the U.S. would skip the G-20 conference in South Africa over claims of human rights abuses in the country. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
In February, Trump suspended U.S. aid to South Africa, alleging discrimination against White farmers. Tensions escalated again in March when the State Department expelled the South African ambassador, labeling him «persona non grata.»
In May, the two leaders clashed in the Oval Office when Trump pressed Ramaphosa over allegations that White Afrikaners were being targeted and killed in South Africa.
Ramaphosa pushed back, telling Trump he had seen no evidence to support those claims.
Paul Tilsley contributed to this report from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Irán amenaza con más guerra, aumenta la represión a cualquier sospecha de disidencia y busca contener las fricciones internas bajo la figura de Mojtaba Jamenei.
La primera aparición pública del flamante líder supremo, herido en el bombardeo del 28 de febrero que mató a su padre y antecesor Alí Jamenei, fue un llamado a escalar el conflicto y estrechar filas en torno a su figura.
Nada cambió en el discurso oficial.
“Pido a todos los líderes políticos de Irán que hagan todo lo posible por mostrar unidad. Nunca nos rendiremos. Nuestros enemigos pagarán el precio, porque habrá venganza“, amenazó.
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No fue solo una retórica belicista en la que anunció que el estrecho de Ormuz seguirá cerrado. También llamó a la dirigencia a dejar de lado cualquier división. El discurso podría resumirse en dos palabras: unidad y venganza.
Represión y fricciones internas
A Trump no le será tan fácil declarar el fin del conflicto más allá de la contundente superioridad militar de la coalición estadounidense-israelí. Con un gobierno dispuesto a todo para garantizar su supervivencia y sin una invasión o un levantamiento popular interno, los ayatollah no dan un paso atrás.
En ese escenario, Mojtaba Jamenei quiere erradicar de cuajo las fricciones internas surgidas entre las distintas ramas de las Fuerzas Armadas, según la prensa opositora en el exilio.
Un motocilista pasa frente a un enorme cartel que muestra al nuevo líder supremo Mojtaba Jamenei con sus dos antecesores, Alí Jamenei y Ruhollah Jomeini. (Foto: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani)
El sitio Irán Internacional, con sede en Londres, denunció que las fuerzas armadas se enfrentan hoy a “una aguda escasez de suministro, el aumento de las deserciones y la profundización de las fricciones entre el ejército regular (Artesh) y la Guardia Revolucionaria”.
Esta unidad de elite “maneja todos los aparatos de seguridad. Sería una combinación entre el FBI, la CIA y la mafia. O sea, como tres organizaciones juntas. Controlan toda la inteligencia, los aparatos de represión y las policías. Además, es una fuerza muy descentralizada y es la que tiene más poder porque es la que controla las armas”, dijo a TN el analista Jairo Lugo Ocando, decano de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Sharjah en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
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Según el reporte, la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica negó asistencia a soldados heridos del ejército regular frente a una escasez de ambulancias y suministros de sangre.
“Los rechazos profundizaron la ira y el resentimiento entre el personal de las dos fuerzas, lo que se suma a las tensiones institucionales de larga data entre el ejército regular y la Guardia Revolucionaria”, indicó el informe.
En unidades de misiles, prosiguió el documento, se reportaron fallas en los equipos de comunicaciones y escasez de alimentos y otros suministros básicos. “Los relatos sugieren que los comandantes se enfocan en mantener la capacidad de armas estratégicas mientras las tropas se enfrentan a condiciones de vida deterioradas”, señaló el informe.
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En este panorama de crecientes suspicacias internas, la Agencia de Noticias de Activistas de Derechos Humanos (HRANA) denunció que, desde el comienzo de la guerra, fueron detenidas 200 personas en todo el país.
Los cargos incluyen actividad en redes sociales, envío de contenido a medios de comunicación extranjeros, espionaje y alteración del orden público.
El jefe de la policía nacional, Ahmad Reza Radan, dijo que cualquier manifestante será tratado como un enemigo y abatido a tiros. “Todas nuestras fuerzas tienen los dedos en el gatillo y están listas”, alertó. Manifestantes progubernamentales salieron a las calles en Teherán (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
Las amenazas contra cualquier señal de disidencia también partieron desde la televisión estatal. “Cuando el polvo de la sedición se asiente, te agarraremos del cuello”, amenazó el martes el presentador del Canal 3, Reza Molaei, citado por Irán Internacional.
Bahar Ghandehari, directora del Centro para los Derechos Humanos en Irán (CHRI), con sede en Estados Unidos, dijo que “la república islámica tiene antecedentes de aprovechar la sombra de la guerra y los momentos de crisis para intensificar la represión interna”.
Pero el temor no solo viene de la posibilidad de nuevas manifestaciones como las que sacudieron el país durante varias semanas y que causaron miles de muertos. La mayor preocupación llega de un eventual levantamiento de grupos armados de minorías como los kurdos, bombardeados recientemente por Irán en sus bases del Kurdistán iraquí.
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“Mientras la Guardia Nacional todavía parece estar atacando Israel, disparando misiles y drones hacia países de la región, amenazando con cerrar el Estrecho de Ormuz y llevando a cabo otras medidas disruptivas, reservó sus capacidades más importantes para reprimir a los opositores armados“, dijo una fuente iraní citada por The Media Line, un medio especializado en temas de Medio Oriente.
Se trata de un momento clave para la supervivencia del gobierno en medio de la guerra.
“En un momento en que las autoridades se enfrentan al peligro inmediato de que los manifestantes regresen a las calles, los grupos armados de la oposición son vistos por el régimen como una grave amenaza”, concluyó la fuente.
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The State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several senior officials linked to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Officials said the reward, part of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, is an effort to gather intelligence on the IRGC and its leadership, which Washington accuses of orchestrating attacks against Americans and supporting terrorism.
The reward targets Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several key figures inside Iran’s ruling security apparatus.
The department said it is also seeking information about Ali Asghar Hejazi, deputy chief of staff for the Supreme Leader’s Office, and Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
ISRAEL HAMMERS IRANIAN INTERNAL SECURITY COMMAND CENTERS TO OPEN DOOR TO UPRISING
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
The program also lists several senior figures linked to Iran’s security and intelligence structure, including Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the supreme leader, Esmail Khatib, Iran’s minister of intelligence, and Eskandar Momeni, the country’s interior minister.
«The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), part of Iran’s official military, plays a central role in Iran’s use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft,» the State Department said.
«In addition, the IRGC has created, supported, and directed other terrorist groups. The IRGC is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and U.S. facilities, including those that have killed U.S. citizens,» the department added.
LETHAL ELITE ‘BLACK-CLAD’ KILL SQUAD GUARDS IRAN’S NEW SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI
A State Department Rewards for Justice poster offers up to $10 million for information on key leaders tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (State Department / Rewards for Justice)
The agency said the IRGC has also expanded its influence far beyond military operations since its founding after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, becoming deeply embedded in the country’s political and economic system.
«Since its founding in 1979, the IRGC has gained a substantial role in executing Iran’s foreign policy,» the department said. «The group now wields control over vast segments of Iran’s economy and is influential in Iranian domestic politics.»
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The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, on Feb. 25, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Rewards for Justice program allows the U.S. government to offer financial rewards for information that helps disrupt terrorist networks or identify individuals involved in attacks against Americans.
The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million.
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Nine convicted in North Texas ICE attack as Kash Patel issues warning to those who target federal officers
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Jurors delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the federal trial of nine people accused of carrying out a 2025 «ambush» attack on an ICE detention facility in North Texas.
Nine defendants accused of being part of a North Texas «Antifa cell» were convicted by a federal jury in Fort Worth for their roles in the July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Jurors delivered the verdict around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth following roughly a day and a half of deliberations, FOX 4 News reported.
«The guilty verdicts in today’s case go to show this FBI’s 24/7 commitment to identifying, locating, and dismantling ANTIFA members and their networks,» Kash Patel told Fox News Digital. «I want to thank our Dallas field office and great partners for delivering justice. If you attack federal law enforcement this FBI will use every resource at our disposal to hunt you down.»
FEDERAL AGENTS DEPLOY TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS ON PROTESTERS OUTSIDE MINNEAPOLIS FEDERAL BUILDING
Law enforcement officers gather outside the Prairieland Detention Center following an ambush in Alvarado, Texas, July 4, 2025. (Mark David Smith/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
During the 12-day trial, which began Feb. 23, 2026, jurors heard testimony from more than 45 witnesses and reviewed over 210 exhibits tied to the charges against the nine defendants, the DOJ said.
Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge — attempted murder — for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross, according to FOX 4.
All but one of the nine defendants — Daniel Estrada — were found guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiring to use and carry explosives, and using explosives during a riot, FOX 4 reported.
ICE RE-ARRESTS TWO VENEZUELAN MEN AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE’S RELEASE ORDER
Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge — attempted murder — for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross (FBI)
Daniel Estrada, who was not present the night of the incident, was convicted of concealing records and conspiracy to conceal documents, according to FOX 4.
Maricela Rueda was also convicted of conspiracy to conceal documents.
«Antifa is a domestic terrorist organization that has been allowed to flourish in Democrat-led cities — not under President Trump,» Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. «Today’s verdict on terrorism charges will not be the last as the Trump administration systematically dismantles Antifa and finally halts their violence on America’s streets.»
LEFT INSISTS ANTIFA ISN’T A REAL ORGANIZATION DESPITE MULTIPLE VIOLENT, PUBLIC INCIDENTS: ‘MADE UP’
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2025. (Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images)
Authorities say the July 4, 2025, attack outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Facility in Alvarado involved fireworks, damage to buildings and vehicles, and gunfire directed at officers.
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Prosecutors argued the attack was orchestrated by Song and carried out by members of a North Texas Antifa cell, FOX 4 reported.
Defense attorneys argued there was no ambush and said the defendants did not intend for any violence to occur.
«The calculated, violent attack at ICE’s Prairieland facility was an abhorrent way for antifa terrorists to ‘protest’ the way this agency enforces the law — but these verdicts make clear that those who choose violence over lawful expression will face the full force of the American justice system,» ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement.
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