US President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., after gunshots were fired outside the venue on Saturday night, according to media reports. Trump was escorted out of the Washington Hilton Hotel after shots were heard near the ballroom where he and First Lady Melania Trump had been seated More
The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, says Tehran will not enter “imposed negotiations” with the United States under pressure, threats, and blockade. The Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Sunday that President Pezeshkian held a telephone conversation with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pezeshkian emphasized: “As long as hostile actions and operational pressures by the More
French President Emmanuel Macron has said Europeans must step up and defend their own interests, saying the United States, China and Russia are currently all opposed to Europe, according to a media report. “We should not underestimate that this is a unique moment where a US president, a Russian president and a Chinese president are More
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday for meetings with Pakistani officials, while Iran said it has no plans for talks with US representatives, despite Washington expectations of a possible Iranian proposal. Araqchi arrived in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Friday to discuss proposals for restarting peace talks with the United States, raising More
US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended by three weeks following fresh talks between the two countries’ envoys in Washington. Announcing the extension on Truth Social, Trump said the meeting “went very well,” adding that the United States would work with Lebanon “to help it protect itself from More
US President Donald Trump says disagreements have emerged in Iran between “hardliners” and “moderates,” but Iranian officials have rejected the claim, insisting that everyone acts in unity under the leadership of the Supreme Leader. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Iranian officials are “facing serious problems in determining their leader.” He also claimed More
At least five people, including a journalist, were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. An initial Israeli strike targeted a car in at-Tiri, a village in southern Lebanon, killing two people inside, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Wednesday. The Israeli military said it struck two vehicles in southern More
US Navy Secretary John Phelan has stepped down from his position in the Trump administration, according to the Pentagon. His resignation is effective immediately, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced in a social media post on Wednesday. Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao will serve as acting secretary, Parnell added. Phelan is the latest senior military official to More
Amnesty International says that Ali Wazir, a former member of Pakistan’s National Assembly, has been detained on “fabricated” charges and has called on Pakistani authorities to release him immediately. According to the organization’s report, Ali Wazir was arrested on March 16 in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on terrorism-related charges. This comes after he had been released the More
US President Donald Trump has announced an extension of the ceasefire with Iran, saying planned military action would be delayed to give Tehran more time to submit a proposal aimed at ending the conflict. In a statement posted on social media on Tuesday, Trump said he had directed the US military to maintain the naval More
