Donald Trump cancels US envoy journey to Pakistan for ceasefire talks with Iran
Donald Trump has confirmed the cancellation of his plan to ship US envoys for ceasefire talks in Pakistan, saying “an excessive amount of time” has been “wasted on touring”.
“I simply cancelled the journey of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to satisfy with the Iranians,” Trump wrote on Fact Social.
“An excessive amount of time wasted on touring, an excessive amount of work! In addition to which, there may be great infighting and confusion inside their ‘management.’ No person is aware of who’s in cost, together with them,” he added. “Additionally, we now have all of the playing cards, they’ve none! In the event that they need to speak, all they must do is name!!!”
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered his navy to “vigorously assault Hezbollah targets in Lebanon”, in accordance with a press release from his workplace, regardless of a ceasefire with Lebanon that Trump just lately mentioned had been prolonged by three weeks.
4 individuals had been killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s state information company reported, whereas the Israeli navy mentioned Hezbollah had fired rockets at Israel.
A wave of Israeli strikes, artillery fireplace and drone exercise have been reported elsewhere in southern and jap Lebanon in an indication of escalatory assaults regardless of an ongoing ceasefire.
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Iranian overseas minister Abbas Araqchi is predicted to go to mediator Pakistan once more after finishing his journey to Oman, earlier than touring to Russia, Iran’s Mehr information company reported on Saturday.
Araqchi earlier left the Pakistani capital Islamabad with none signal of a breakthrough in peace talks with Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and different senior officers over the Iran struggle.
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Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday that Iran “supplied quite a bit however not sufficient” after he introduced the cancellation of US envoys visiting Pakistan for ceasefire talks.
He claimed he obtained a greater supply from Iran simply minutes after the journey was referred to as off.
“They gave us a paper that ought to have been higher, and apparently, instantly, once I canceled it, inside 10 minutes, we obtained a brand new paper that was a lot better,” Trump instructed reporters on Air Drive One.
The president wouldn’t supply specifics about what was within the newest proposal apart from saying: “They supplied quite a bit.” However he harassed that one in every of his situations is that Iran “is not going to have a nuclear weapon”.
Donald Trump speaks to the press earlier than boarding Air Drive One on the Palm Seashore worldwide airport on 25 April 2026 in Florida. {Photograph}: Roberto Schmidt/Getty ImagesShare
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Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, mentioned on Saturday he had spoken with the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on the evolving regional state of affairs.
“Pakistan stays dedicated to function an sincere and honest facilitator – working tirelessly to advance sturdy peace and lasting stability within the area,” Sharif mentioned in a submit on social media.
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Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Trump ally who has been brazenly in favor of the US struggle on Iran, praised the president’s resolution to cancel the deliberate journey by US envoys to Pakistan for ceasefire talks.
“President Trump’s resolution to cancel the Witkoff-Kushner go to to Pakistan to pursue additional negotiations with Iran right now was very clever,” Graham posted on X.
The senator additionally added that the highest precedence for the US ought to be “to determine agency management over the Strait of Hormuz”, and mentioned that extra navy operations could also be required to attain this.
“Relating to reaching that aim, US navy engagement could also be required within the quick time period. It’s greater than definitely worth the danger related to regaining freedom of navigation of the strait,” Graham mentioned.
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Iran’s joint navy command issued a warning in a press release Saturday that if the US proceedd its “naval blockades, banditry, and piracy within the area”, Iran would reply with “highly effective” navy motion.
The assertion, carried by the state-run IRNA information company, added that if the US and Israel renewed their aggression, the nations would face extra losses.
It stays unclear whether or not Iran and the US will resume negotiations quickly following Donald Trump’s cancellation of US envoys visiting Pakistan for ceasefire talks.
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Iranian overseas minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned that his current journey to Pakistan was “very fruitful” however questioned whether or not the US was “actually severe about diplomacy”.
“Very fruitful go to to Pakistan, whose good workplaces and brotherly efforts to carry again peace to our area we very a lot worth,” he wrote on social media. “Shared Iran’s place regarding workable framework to completely finish the struggle on Iran. Have but to see if the US is really severe about diplomacy.”
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Donald Trump cancels US envoy journey to Pakistan for ceasefire talks with Iran
Donald Trump has confirmed the cancellation of his plan to ship US envoys for ceasefire talks in Pakistan, saying “an excessive amount of time” has been “wasted on touring”.
“I simply cancelled the journey of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to satisfy with the Iranians,” Trump wrote on Fact Social.
“An excessive amount of time wasted on touring, an excessive amount of work! In addition to which, there may be great infighting and confusion inside their ‘management.’ No person is aware of who’s in cost, together with them,” he added. “Additionally, we now have all of the playing cards, they’ve none! In the event that they need to speak, all they must do is name!!!”
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Witkoff, Kushner now not going to Pakistan for talks with Iran, Fox experiences
Donald Trump has canceled the deliberate journey to Pakistan by envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for peace talks with Iran, Fox Information reported on Saturday.
The community mentioned Trump instructed Fox in regards to the journey’s cancellation, quoting him as saying: “Now we have all of the playing cards. They will name us anytime they need, however you’re not going to be making any extra 18-hour flights to take a seat round speaking about nothing.”
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Lebanon’s ministry of well being introduced on Saturday that the dying toll from Israeli assaults has risen to 2,496, with an extra 7,725 individuals injured because the begin of the struggle on 2 March.
The ministry mentioned the entire variety of displaced individuals sheltering in evacuation facilities is now greater than 120,000 and the variety of displaced households in these facilities has reached about 31,000.
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Pakistan PM hails ‘heat’ assembly with Iran overseas minister
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has issued a short assertion on social media following his assembly with the Iranian overseas minister, Abbas Araghchi.
“Had a most heat, cordial alternate of views on the present regional state of affairs. We additionally mentioned issues of mutual curiosity, together with the additional strengthening of Pakistan-Iran bilateral relations,” Sharif mentioned.
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IDF says it has killed 15 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon amid ceasefire
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it has killed 15 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon, regardless of a three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
In a press release on social media, the IDF mentioned three Hezbollah members “who had been travelling in a van armed with weapons” had been killed in southern Lebanon, with out giving a particular location. It mentioned it killed one other Hezbollah member “who was driving a bike” south of what it described because the “ahead defence line” (or “yellow line”), an space deep in Lebanese territory from the border with Israel occupied by IDF troops.
Israeli tanks in Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli aspect of the Israel-Lebanon border. {Photograph}: Florion Goga/Reuters
It isn’t clear whether or not the deaths are related to earlier experiences by Lebanese media of Israeli assaults on a lorry and a bike within the southern Lebanese city of Yohmor al-Shaqif within the Nabatieh district, killing 4 individuals.
The IDF mentioned two extra Hezbollah members had been killed in an airstrike within the Litani space, claiming they “posed a risk to IDF forces working in southern Lebanon”.
The well being ministry in Lebanon reported six individuals killed in Israeli airstrikes within the south yesterday.
The IDF mentioned the 15 Hezbollah members had been killed over the weekend, which runs from Friday to Saturday in Israel.
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The Lebanese information outlet al-Mayadeen has reported that the Iranian overseas minister, Abbas Araghchi, has left Islamabad after holding conferences with Pakistani officers.
It isn’t clear when the US delegation is because of arrive in Pakistan.
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