President Donald Trump said in an interview on Fox News' 'The Sunday Briefing' on Sunday that Iran can reach out to the United States if it wants to negotiate an end to the war between the two countries.
"If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines."
He went on to say, "Some of people we are dealing with now on Iran are very reasonable, others are not." "We are going to take Iran's nuclear dust, part of negotiation."
Meanwhile, the US President had said that he told his top envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran on Saturday. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports. Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call on Saturday night that the US "should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade," to allow a new round of negotiations, according to the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies in Iran.
Pakistan's top political and military leadership is continuing to mediate between the US and Iran, with indirect ceasefire talks still alive despite mounting tensions between the sides, two Pakistani officials said on Sunday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on Saturday evening, officials said. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Araghchi is expected back in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Sunday.
Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House. The meeting was the second high-level negotiation between the two countries this month. The initial 10-day ceasefire had been due to expire on Monday.
The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move announced on Friday is part of the administration's threat to impose secondary sanctions on entities doing business with Iran in an effort to cut off Iran's oil exports, which are a key source of its revenue.
Airlines worldwide have begun cancelling flights as the war in the Middle East strains jet fuel supplies and pushes up prices. Experts have offered information to travellers about what to do if a flight is cancelled.
Israeli military tells Lebanese in 7 towns to flee ahead of strikes
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Dubai: Israel's military on Sunday warned Lebanese living in seven southern towns to flee their homes ahead of strikes in the area. Col. Avichay Adraea, a military spokesman, claimed without evidence that Hezbollah violated a ceasefire deal between Lebanon and Israel. He didn't provide evidence. Adraea said in a social media post that the military will operate in the area south of the Zahrani River and ordered the residents to leave. Israel previously issued a sweeping warning for people in southern Lebanon to flee their homes during its war against Hezbollah. AP
US intercepts sanctioned merchant vessel in Arabian Sea, Central Command says
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US Central Command said it intercepted a merchant vessel trying to get through the blockade of Iran on Saturday. Here are some details: The ship, identified as the Sevan, was part of a 19-vessel "shadow fleet" transporting Iranian oil and gas products to foreign markets, the US military said.
Trump says he called off dispatching envoys to Iran talks
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US President Donald Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, stating on Fox News that "they can call us any time they want".
US-Iran peace hopes fade as Trump scraps talks
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Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the US-Israeli war with Iran receded as a new week began, with talks aimed at ending the two-month conflict at a standstill and both Tehran and Washington showing little willingness to soften their terms.
Trump says Iran's peace offer had improved but remained inadequate
April 26, 2026 8:00 am
Islamabad/Washington: Trump told reporters in Florida that he scrapped the envoys' visit because the talks involved too much travel and expense to consider an inadequate offer from the Iranians. After the diplomatic trip was called off, Iran "offered a lot, but not enough," Trump said. Reuters
Pezeshkian demanded the US lift its blockade on Iranian ports before talks begin
April 26, 2026 8:00 am
Islamabad/Washington: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by phone that Tehran would not enter "imposed negotiations" under threats or blockade, according to a statement from the Iranian government. Pezeshkian said the United States should first remove "operational obstacles," including its blockade on Iranian ports, before negotiators can lay any groundwork to resolve the conflict. Reuters
