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April 27, 2026 9:59 AM

Trump says Iran can phone if it wants to talk; Iranian minister heads to Russia

President Donald Trump said on Sunday Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month war and stressed it can never have a nuclear weapon, after Tehran said the U.S. should remove obstacles to a deal, including its blockade of Iran's ports. Hopes of reviving peace efforts receded on Saturday when Trump scrapped a visit to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi shuttled to and from mediators Pakistan and Oman on Sun...

April 27, 2026 9:34 AM

King Charles’ visit to US to proceed after Washington shooting

King Charles' state visit to the U.S. will go ahead as planned on Monday despite a shooting at a White House dinner attended by President Donald Trump, Buckingham Palace said after discussions with U.S. officials. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, are due to arrive on Monday for a four-day state visit, but questions arose after a man opened fire on security personnel near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday, prompting Secret Service agents to rush Trump from the ve...

April 25, 2026 9:20 AM

US military says it struck vessel in Eastern Pacific, killing two

The U.S. military said on Friday it struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people, in the latest such attack, condemned by rights groups as "extrajudicial killings" and described by Washington as targeting "narco-terrorists." The U.S. Southern Command alleged that the vessel struck on Friday was operated by "Designated Terrorist Organizations" that it did not identify. It said that no U.S. military forces were harmed. It described those killed as "male narco-terrorists," without o...

April 24, 2026 10:21 PM

US should use firing squads, electrocution as execution methods, Justice Department says

The U.S. government should add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, the Department of Justice said on Friday in a report that noted difficulties in getting drugs for lethal injections. The report was a fulfillment of President Donald Trump's promise to resume capital punishment in his second term. In his first term, which ended in 2021, he resumed it after a 20-year gap, executing 13 federal prisoners with leth...

April 24, 2026 6:10 PM

US Iran peace talks could resume in Pakistan; Iran’s foreign minister due, say sources

Peace talks between Iran and the United States could resume soon in Pakistan, where Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was expected to arrive on Friday night, three Pakistani sources said. Two of the sources, from the Pakistani government, said a U.S. logistics and security team was already in place for potential talks. There was no immediate direct response from Washington or Tehran to the report, but U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking around the same time, told a briefing that...

April 24, 2026 11:46 AM

Pope condemns killing of protesters in Iran, reaffirms stance against war

Pope Leo on Thursday firmly condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Catholic leader last week for not doing so while speaking out against the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Leo, the first U.S. pope, also decried the deaths of "so many" civilians in the war and lamented the collapse of U.S.-Iran peace talks in comments aboard his return flight to Rome after a four-nation Africa tour. "I condemn all actions that are unjust. I condemn the taking o...

April 24, 2026 9:30 AM

US says it does not object to Iran playing in World Cup but people with ties to IRGC won’t be allowed

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday Washington had no objections to Iranian players participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup but he added the players will not be allowed to bring with them people with ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "Nothing from the U.S. has told them they can't come," Rubio told reporters. President Donald Trump also said his administration "would not want to affect the athletes" in comments he made at the White House. The 2026 socc...

April 16, 2026 8:38 PM

US military: ‘locked and loaded’ to strike Iran’s power plants, energy industry if ordered

The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is just an example of "polite" behavior during the ongoing ceasefire and U.S. forces are ready to strike Iran's power plants and energy industry if ordered, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Thursday. Standing alongside two of the U.S. military's most senior officers, Hegseth said Iran needs to choose wisely as it prepares for negotiations with the United States. "We are reloading with more power than ever before, and better intelligence," Hegseth said at a Pe...

April 15, 2026 7:45 PM

Trump threatens to fire Powell if he doesn’t leave Fed board; probe to continue

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his separate seat as a member of the U.S. central bank's Board of Governors if Powell does not vacate that post as well when his term as Fed chief ends on May 15, intensifying a complicated standoff that has upended the Fed's usually smooth transition of power. Trump administration threats against Powell, including an ongoing criminal investigation, could delay Senate confirmation of Kevin Warsh as T...

April 15, 2026 2:42 PM

US shuts down Iran’s maritime trade despite optimism for more talks

The United States said on Wednesday its military had completely halted trade going in and out of Iran by sea, while President Donald Trump said talks with Tehran on ending the war could resume this week, sending oil prices down for a second day. Trump said negotiations between U.S. and Iranian officials could resume in Pakistan in the next two days and Vice President JD Vance, who led weekend talks that ended without a breakthrough, said he felt positive about where things stood. "I think yo...