Rubio Announces New Visa Restrictions on Foreign Nationals; Netanyahu Says Hamas Gaza Chief Killed

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday new visa restrictions against foreign nationals involved in censoring the speech of U.S. citizens. “For too long, Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by foreign authorities for exercising their free speech rights,” Rubio announced in a post on social media platform X.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas Gaza chief, Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted and the younger brother of the deceased group's leader, Yahya Sinwar, had been eliminated.

The U.S. and Argentina are calling on other nations to follow their lead in leaving the World Health Organization. After a meeting between US health secretary RFK Jr. and the Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday, the two nations are now proposing an alternative to the WHO.