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Trump cancels negotiating team’s trip to Pakistan for talks with Iran: ‘They can call us’

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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump will no longer be sending U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan to participate in indirect talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. On Saturday,  Fox News  reported that the president made a statement against further in-person discussions, due to the time and resources it would cost to travel back and forth to the Middle East. “I’ve told my people a little while ago — they were getting ready to leave, and I said, ‘Nope, you’re not making an 18-hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18-hour flights to sit around talking about nothing’,” Trump said to the outlet. In a Truth Social post, he emphasized his lack of confidence in Tehran’s lead...

Trump to attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner for 1st time as president

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U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, upon his return from Florida, on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time as commander-in-chief after boycotting the event each year he was in office thus far. The president will headline the dinner on Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Attendees usually include White House correspondents and journalists from major news organizations, senior administration officials, lawmakers and other media executives. Trump is to deliver remarks alongside this year’s host, mentalist Oz Pearlman, who is best known for his appearances on “America’s Got Talent.” The selection of Pearlman, a magician whose claim to fame is a unique ability to read minds, as a host differs from the tradition of choosing a stand-up comedian. “The White House Correspondents Ass...

Teeth 4 Teeth … With Justin Akpovi-Esade

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There is this young man popularly known as Ijele Speaks. He gained popularity when he began to stand up to the group of  secessionists  in the  South Eas t region of the country, called  IPOB,  formed by Nnamdi Kanu, who is doing life in a correctional facility for terrorism related offences. Ijele Speaks, in collaboration with the  Nigeria military  and other security agencies have been taking back towns and villages seized by the notorious ‘IPOB unknown gunmen’. His efforts have paid off and there has been relative peace and stability in the region. Ijele Speaks does not only follow the military about, he is also very vocal about what they are doing as he is traversing all the major television and radio stations as well as Podcast shows talking about the ongoing initiative. Typical of someone doing something that is attracting widespread attention and commendations, the propensity to ‘over talk’ often creeps in and that may be what is happening to th...

CENTCOM releases photo of US Navy ship enforcing blockade against Iranian vessel

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Guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) enforces the US blockade on Iranian ports against an Iranian-flagged ship attempting to sail to a port in Iran, April 24, 2026. (photo credit: X/CENTCOM) US Central Command (CENTCOM) released an image on X/Twitter on Saturday depicting the US Navy's  USS Rafael Peralta  (DDG 115) "enforcing the blockade on Iranian ports against an Iranian-flagged ship attempting to sail to a port in Iran."

Police Arrested People Planning Mass Shooting of Jews in Houston Texas

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  (Background) Photo via: Texas State Historical Association. / (R) Angelina Han Hicks, 18 (Photo via: Davidson County Sheriff’s Office) Authorities confirmed the arrest on Friday of an 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy in connection with a chilling plot to attack Congregation Beth Israel, the oldest synagogue in Texas. The conspiracy purportedly involved a plan to drive a vehicle into the Houston congregation with the explicit intent to “kill as many Jews as possible.” Among the accused is 18-year-old Angelina Han Hicks, who was taken into custody on Wednesday in Lexington, North Carolina, following a joint investigation by the FBI and local law enforcement. Hicks is currently being held under a $10 million bond and faces felony charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury. While court warrants initially indicated a projected attack date of April 21, 2028, investigators acted swiftl...

Child wounded in Bnei Brak missile strike dies after weeks in ICU

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Nesiah Karadi, an 11-year-old girl from Bnei Brak, was declared dead following a three-week battle in the ICU after being struck by an Iranian missile, April 24, 2026 (photo credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT) Nesiah Karadi, 11, was declared dead on Friday following more than three weeks of fighting in the intensive care unit after she was struck by an  Iranian missile  in  Bnei Brak  on  Passover  eve.  Karadi’s funeral is expected to take place on Saturday evening. Nesiah Karadi, may her memory be a blessing, returned her pure soul to its creator after being fatally wounded by a cluster missile on the eve of last Passover,” announced the city of Bnei Brak. Go to the full article > >

US Explains Why she Joined the War in Iran

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Anti-war demonstrators attempt to remove a pro-Trump counter-protester during a "No War on Iran" rally outside of City Hall in Seattle, Washington, US, April 7, 2026. (photo credit: David Ryder/Reuters) The US State Department's top lawyer has argued that US President  Donald Trump 's  war with Iran  was launched in self-defense and to defend US ally Israel, arguing the bombing campaign was not the start of a new war but the continuation of an ongoing conflict. State Department Legal Adviser Reed Rubinstein made the arguments in a statement released days before a May 1 deadline for the Trump administration to obtain approval for the war from Congress under the 1973 War Powers Act or move to end it. Go to the full article > >