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Trump cancels Witkoff, Kushner’s Pakistan trip for Iran talks, says regime is suffering from ‘infighting’

April 25, 2026 1:54pm EDT / Fox News

President Donald Trump tells Fox News, ‘We have all the cards’

By Greg Norman-Diamond Fox News

Correspondent Alex Hogan reports on President Donald Trump cancelling his delegation’s trip to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran. Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer joins ‘Saturday in America’ to weigh in.

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President Donald Trump revealed to Fox News on Saturday that he unilaterally canceled U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s planned trip to Pakistan for talks with Iran.

The president said in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ White House correspondent Aishah Hasnie that it’s not worth the U.S. delegation making the 18-hour flight to Pakistan when the U.S. holds all the cards in the conflict with Iran.

“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.

“And I canceled the trip, and I said, anytime they want to phone us, we’re ready, willing and able, but we’re not going to waste a lot of time,” Trump told Fox News.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, 2026, after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff listen during the event.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Then in a post on Truth Social, Trump said Iran is suffering from “tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’”

“Nobody knows who is in charge, including them,” Trump wrote.

U.S. special envoy Witkoff and Kushner, who is Trump’s son-in-law, were supposed to travel to Pakistan this weekend for the second round of U.S.-Iran negotiations during Operation Epic Fury.

US TURNS TO DRONES AFTER RETIRING MINESWEEPERS TO REOPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Vice President JD Vance spoke during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, 2026. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, special envoy for peace missions, listened during the event.(Jacquelyn Martin/Pool)

Prior to the cancellation, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday that “We’ve certainly seen some progress from the Iranian side in the last couple of days” regarding a potential deal to end the conflict.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday to meet with Pakistan’s prime minister.

“Very fruitful visit to Pakistan, whose good offices and brotherly efforts to bring back peace to our region we very much value,” he said on X following the trip.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks during the opening ceremony of the First Caspian Governors’ Forum in Rasht, Iran, on Nov. 18, 2025.(Shadati/Xinhua)

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“Shared Iran’s position concerning workable framework to permanently end the war on Iran. Have yet to see if the U.S. is truly serious about diplomacy,” he added.

Vice President JD Vance was supposed to travel to Pakistan earlier this week for a second round of talks, but he was called back to the White House for meetings, and the trip was postponed indefinitely.

Vance, Witkoff and Kushner were in Pakistan earlier this month for the first round of talks with the Iranian, but no deal was reached after their in-person meeting.

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

Trump says he canceled Kushner, Witkoff trip to Pakistan for Iran talks: “We have all the cards, they have none!”

April 25, 2026 / 1:28 PM EDT / CBS News

By Mark Osborne

President Trump said Saturday he called off plans for U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to travel to Pakistan for Iran peace talks. He cited wasted time and confusion over Iran’s leadership, adding, “we have all the cards.”

“I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!”

“Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership,’” he said. “Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday the duo would head to Islamabad for “direct talks” in pursuit of a lasting peace deal more than 50 days after the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran.

President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, April 24, 2026. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad on Friday and Saturday, and spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif. He later departed for Oman. The Pakistanis have been serving as intermediaries for discussions between Iran and the U.S.

The war continues to disrupt shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply normally flows. Oil prices have jumped as a result, and the conflict has pushed inflation in the U.S. to its highest level in nearly two years.

A U.S. blockage of Iranian ports and vessels is also continuing, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying Friday it will stay in place “as long as it takes.” He indicated the Trump administration is in no hurry to reach a peace deal with Iran and echoed Mr. Trump’s recent comments that the U.S. is in control of the timeline for Operation Epic Fury.

In Iran, the president there urged people to reduce electricity use, after U.S.-Israeli strikes damaged energy infrastructure, state media reported Saturday.

“Instead of turning on 10 lights at home, turn on two lights. What is wrong with that?” President Masoud Pezeshkian said, The Associated Press reported.

Trump expected to make his first appearance as president at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

April 25, 2026 / 3:17 PM EDT / AP

Donald Trump’s expected attendance at Saturday’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington for his first time as president will put his administration’s often-contentious relationship with the press on full public display.

Mr. Trump will be watched closely at the event held by the organization of reporters who cover him and his administration. Past presidents who have attended have generally spoken about the importance of free speech and the First Amendment, adding in some light roasts about individual journalists.

The Republican president did not attend during his first term or the first year of his second. He came as a guest in 2011, sitting in the audience as President Barack Obama, a Democrat, made some jokes about the New York real estate developer. Mr. Trump also attended as a private citizen in 2015.

Past dinners have also featured comedians who poke at presidents. This year, the group opted to hire mentalist Oz Pearlman as the featured entertainment.

Mr. Trump’s planned appearance is rekindling a longer running debate about the dinner and events like it — in particular, whether it is poor form for journalists to be seen socializing with the people they cover. The New York Times, for example, stopped attending the dinner more than a decade ago for that reason.

“What was once (a fairly long time ago) a well-intended night of fundraising and camaraderie among professional adversaries is now simply a bad look,” wrote Kelly McBride, ethics expert at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank.

A contentious relationship

Between berating individual reporters, fighting organizations like the Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press in court and restricting press access to the Pentagon, the administration’s animus toward journalists has been a fixture of Mr. Trump’s second term.

On the eve of the dinner, nearly 500 retired journalists signed a petition calling on the association “to forcefully demonstrate opposition to President Trump’s efforts to trample freedom of the press.”

“The White House Correspondents’ dinner reinforces the importance of the First Amendment in our democracy,” said the WHCA president and CBS News’ senior White House correspondentWeijia Jiang. “As we mark America’s 250th birthday, our choice to gather as journalists, newsmakers and the president in the same room is a reminder of what a free press means to this country and why it must endure. Not for the media or the president, but for the people who depend on it.”

Many reporters who attend, however, consider it a valuable opportunity to get story ideas and establish personal connections with those in government, one that may pay dividends with returned telephone calls in the future.

Some news organizations invite sources as guests

Journalists often invite sources as guests at the dinner. It will be noticed Saturday whether administration officials who have also expressed hostility to the press will attend, and with whom they will be sitting.

The AP has invited Taylor Budowich, a former White House deputy chief of staff who left last fall for the private sector. The invitation is notable because Budowich, in his role crafting White House communications policy, was a named defendant last year when the AP sued the administration after it reduced its access to the president because the news outlet did not follow Mr. Trump’s lead in renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

“We maintain professional relationships with people across the political spectrum because we are nonpartisan by design — focused on reporting the facts in the public’s interest,” AP spokesman Patrick Maks said.

The White House correspondents will also hand out awards for exemplary reporting. That includes some stories that displeased Mr. Trump, such as one from the Journal about a birthday message Trump once sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The story led to a presidential lawsuit.

女子制止吸烟遭警察裸检惹议 控烟之城深圳被讽“表演型人格”

2026年4月25日 23:02 / 联合早报

深圳办公楼林立的城市景观。摄于2025年9月15日。 （路透社）

（深圳综合讯）中国深圳市一名女子在禁烟巴士站台阻止男子抽烟引起冲突后，接受警察调查期间经历脱衣裸检，引爆中国舆论。自我标榜“中国最严控烟之城”的深圳因此遭遇舆论危机，被讽刺是“表演型人格”。

综合澎湃新闻和封面新闻报道，一名王姓女子星期五（4月24日）在深圳巴士站台阻止男子抽烟时，两人发生争执。王女士用饮料把男子手中的烟浇灭后，男子捡起剩下的饮料泼在她身上，双方之后报警处理。

王女士随后在网上持续发布关于警方处理细节的贴文，让这起事件在星期六（4月25日）引爆中国舆论。她称自己的行为被指“涉嫌侮辱，应该会拘留五天”，其间还曾被警察要求趴在墙上安检搜身，“脱光衣服并扒下内裤”，并称警员对巴士站抽烟“不觉得有大问题”，还说“那咋办我也抽”。

深圳官方长期高调自我宣传是“中国最严控烟之城”。根据当地规定，巴士站台属于明确禁止吸烟的公共场所。

王女士制止吸烟后的遭遇与官方宣传上的巨大落差，让大量中国网民感到愤怒，认为当事人遭到“裸检羞辱”。讽刺深圳是言行不一的“表演型人格城市”的贴文，在中国社媒上刷屏。

深圳市光明区联合调查组星期六（4月25日）晚发布情况通报称，上述事件中，因当事双方互不相让，坚持追究对方责任，警方于是将二人带至办案中心开展调查，“并按规定对二人进行人身安全检查。期间由女性工作人员在独立封闭区域内对王某某进行了检查”。

根据通报，经沟通调解后，王女士与涉事男子自愿达成和解，互不追究对方责任。

针对巴士站台吸烟违规及处罚问题，通报称，涉事男子吸烟的行为已违反控烟条例，交通运输执法部门依法责令该名男子改正违法行为，并处以行政罚款。

伊朗外长与巴基斯坦总理会谈 重申伊朗停火原则

2026年4月25日 23:00 / 联合早报

4月25日，巴基斯坦总理谢里夫（左）在伊斯兰堡总理府与伊朗外长阿拉格齐（右二）会晤。 （法新社）

伊朗外交部长阿拉格齐在巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡与巴基斯坦总理谢里夫举行会谈，再次阐明伊朗有关停火和彻底结束战事的原则立场。

伊朗外交部星期六（4月25日）在社交媒体上发表声明说，双方讨论了各领域双边关系与合作以及地区和国际形势。阿拉格齐赞赏巴基斯坦为结束战争、促成停火所作辛勤努力，强调巴基斯坦在伊朗外交政策和关系中的特殊地位，并表示将进一步发展两国关系。

新华社引述声明说，阿拉格齐还提及以色列在巴勒斯坦犯下的罪行以及对黎巴嫩领土和国家主权的侵犯。他赞赏巴基斯坦支持巴勒斯坦人民的立场，以及为落实黎以停火所作努力。

谢里夫说，两国将继续加强双边关系，在多边层面和国际组织中加强协调与合作。

伊朗议员：已拟定管理霍尔木兹海峡综合方案

2026年4月25日 23:17 / 联合早报

路透社4月25日获得的图片显示，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队在霍尔木兹海峡扣押“埃帕米农达斯”号（Epaminondas）货轮。 （路透社）

据伊朗迈赫尔通讯社报道，伊朗议会议员贝赫纳姆·赛义迪说，伊朗已就管理霍尔木兹海峡形成一个综合方案。

伊朗迈赫尔通讯社星期六（4月25日）报道，赛义迪在接受通讯社采访时说，方案的一项重要内容是，在所有信函和商业文件中，仅承认“波斯湾”这个名称，不接受任何其他名称。区域内航行的船舶和舰艇必须获得伊朗的许可。霍尔木兹海峡的主权将完全掌握在伊朗手中。

新华社引述报道说，赛义迪还说，伊最高国家安全委员会或武装部队总参谋部认定为敌对国家的船只不得通过霍尔木兹海峡，以色列船只绝对禁止通过该区域。通过该区域的船只须就安全、环境保护、航运管理、许可发放等事项缴纳相关费用，且优先以里亚尔支付。

对于给伊朗造成损失的国家，赛义迪说，相关国家必须先与伊朗就赔偿方式达成协议，伊方才会向其船只发放通行许可。

他透露，方案已提交伊朗伊斯兰议会国家安全委员会，一旦议会全体会议恢复，该方案将提交议长团，并在全体会议上进行审议。方案也可能通过最高国家安全委员会批准并发布。

伊朗国防部：敌人试图体面逃离战争泥潭

另据伊朗学生通讯社报道，伊朗国防部发言人指出，敌人正试图体面地逃离战争泥潭。

发言人说，伊朗军队如今是主导力量，敌人正试图体面地从其深陷的战争泥潭中逃离，他们摧毁伊朗导弹和军事力量的企图已完全失败，霍尔木兹海峡已处于伊朗强大控制之下。

维拉客场负富勒姆 痛失登英超前三良机

2026年4月25日 23:06 / 联合早报

塞塞尼翁攻进制胜球，助富勒姆继续向欧战资格挺进。 （路透社）

（伦敦法新电）阿斯顿维拉（Aston Villa）星期六（4月25日）在英超联赛中客场以0比1不敌富勒姆（Fulham），错失了升至积分榜第三位的机会。

塞塞尼翁（Sessegnon）在上半场结束前攻入全场唯一进球，为富勒姆锁定胜局。在此之前，维拉球员罗杰斯（Rogers）和沃特金斯（Watkins）都曾创造出极具威胁的破门机会。

此役过后，维拉积58分，在多赛一场的情况下与排名第三的曼联（Manchester United）持平。尽管在客场饮恨，但埃梅里（Emery）执教的球队仍稳居前五，极具希望锁定下赛季的欧冠席位。

富勒姆目前积48分与同城队伍切尔西（Chelsea）持平，仅落后排名第六的布赖顿（Brighton）两分。在欧战资格的激烈争夺中，富勒姆依然保有机会。这家伦敦球会自2011年以来，从未参加过欧洲赛事。

伊朗外长与巴基斯坦官员会谈后离开伊斯兰堡

2026年4月25日 23:33 / 联合早报

4月25日发布的照片显示，巴基斯坦副总理兼外交部长达尔（左）在伊斯兰堡机场迎接到访的伊朗外交部长阿拉格齐。 （路透社）

伊朗外交部长阿拉格齐已经离开伊斯兰堡。他于星期五（4月24日）抵达，与巴基斯坦高级官员举行会谈，讨论与美国进行的和平谈判。

法新社报道，两周前，华盛顿和德黑兰在巴基斯坦首都举行了首轮直接会谈，此前双方就美国和以色列对伊战争达成了临时停火协议。但双方尚未举行第二轮会谈。

美国特使威特科夫和总统女婿贾里德·库什纳预计将很快抵达伊斯兰堡。

新华社引述巴基斯坦消息人士说，如果相关接触进展顺利，阿拉格齐或在未来率团返回巴首都伊斯兰堡。

红牛街舞大赛逾200人中脱颖而出 新加坡陈健永争当全球舞王

2026年4月25日 23:42 / 联合早报

31岁的财务顾问陈健永从来自本区域超过200名参赛者中脱颖而出，将代表新加坡参加10月在瑞士苏黎世举行的“红牛舞出你的风格”街舞大赛全球总决赛。 （林明顺摄）

在2025年首次登陆新加坡后，“红牛舞出你的风格”（Red Bull Dance Your Style）街舞大赛今年以更热闹、更大规模的形式回归狮城，不仅举办东南亚资格赛，首届区域总决赛也在这里举行。我国选手陈健永决赛胜出，获得出战全球总决赛的资格。

这场区域总决赛星期六（4月25日）在位于乌节路的*SCAPE Ground Theatre盛大举行，共吸引了超过1000名街舞爱好者现场观赛。

约120名本地选手报名参加了上星期六（18日）在新加坡管理大学进行的新加坡选拔赛，最终脱颖而出的陈健永（31岁）和张晋辉（29岁）在本星期六的区域总决赛中，与另外14名优秀舞者（东南亚资格赛前八选手和六名受邀参赛的外卡选手）进行较量，争夺一张通往今年10月24日在瑞士苏黎世举行的全球总决赛的入场券。

我国选手陈健永在舞台上施展浑身解数，吸引观众瞩目。（林明顺摄）

胜者由现场观众决定

“红牛舞出你的风格”最大的特点是，每一轮的胜者都由观众来决定。比赛音乐不可预测，从经典老歌到当下最热门的曲目都有，舞者必须依靠技术、创意和舞台魅力来赢得观众的投票。

区域总决赛共吸引了超过1000名街舞爱好者观赛，现场充满活力和热闹氛围。（林明顺摄）

经过多场一对一的精彩对决后， 晋级决赛的是擅长机械舞（Popping）的陈健永和越南选手Mikey b。两人在经过三首歌曲的较量后，最终由陈健永赢得了比赛，他将代表我国和东南亚（不包括泰国、菲律宾和印度尼西亚）参加全球总决赛。

陈健永是一名财务顾问，从中学时期开始喜欢上跳舞。他在接受《联合早报》的采访时说，因为以前是穷学生，所以只能通过YouTube来练舞，直到后来多了一些零花钱才开始报名参加正式的舞蹈班。

我国选手陈健永（左）勇挫越南舞者Mikey b（右），在决赛中胜出。（林明顺摄）

谈到成为区域总决赛最后赢家的感受，他坦言“很不真实，从未想过自己能赢”。

他透露，自己去年也参加了新加坡资格赛，但止步八强。

陈健永说，自己从未去过苏黎世，所以非常兴奋。至于如何备战全球总决赛，他则说：“我想我会带着和今天之前一样的心态去面对。我认为最好的自己只能由你自己来成就，所以最好不要太在意别人怎么看，专注去做我自己喜欢做的事就对了。

“我觉得这是让自己能脱颖而出的最佳方式。”

首届 “红牛舞出你的风格 “全球总决赛于2019年在巴黎举行，荷兰选手申山（Shinshan）获得首届冠军。2020年因疫情关系，比赛转而在线上进行，最终夺冠的是英国华裔选手凯伦·赖（Kieran Lai，译音）。

在2021年停办一届后，日本选手THE D SoraKi在2022年于约翰内斯堡举行的全球总决赛中封王。

2023年在法兰克福，韩国的Waackxxxy成为了第一位赢得比赛的女性。2024年在孟买，越南的MT Pop为东南亚选手争光，去年决赛则上演了全女性的对决，最终由荷兰的Jaïra Joy力压前冠军Waackxxxy，成为新一代舞后。

以黎冲突：百万人流离失所 万余人死伤

2026年4月25日 20:10 / 联合早报

以黎冲突：百万人流离失所 万余人死伤

尽管美国总统特朗普星期四（4月23日）宣布，星期天（26日）到期的以黎停火协议将延长三周，但黎巴嫩南部希亚姆村（Khiam）星期六（25日）还是遭以军炮火袭击。以黎冲突和经济衰退已导致黎巴嫩面临生存危机。 （法新社）

（贝鲁特／联合国／耶路撒冷综合电）黎巴嫩总统奥恩说，以色列的军事行动已导致黎巴嫩超过100万人流离失所，1万多人死伤，累计战争损失超过140亿美元（约178亿新元）。

他周五（4月24日）在塞浦路斯举行的欧盟国家元首和政府首脑非正式会议上说，持续冲突和经济衰退已导致黎巴嫩如今面临生存危机，并呼吁欧盟召开国际重建会议。

他说，尽管面临危机，黎巴嫩政府近几个月已采取果断措施加强主权，包括坚持一切关乎战争与和平以及军备问题的决定，必须完全掌握在黎巴嫩本国及其合法机构手中。

他也说，黎巴嫩参与了由美国发起、欧盟和阿拉伯国家支持的外交谈判，以期达成可持续的解决方案，终结以色列的袭击，并确保以军完全撤离黎巴嫩领土。

奥恩敦促欧盟增加人道主义援助资金，重启由法国倡议的支持黎巴嫩武装部队会议，并考虑在联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队结束任务撤离后，由欧洲部队顶上。

欧洲理事会主席科斯塔在同个会议上表明，希望黎巴嫩能实现长期停火，呼吁各方继续开展外交努力。欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩则指出，如果黎巴嫩战火持续，中东和波斯湾地区就不可能实现稳定。她呼吁各方尊重黎巴嫩的主权和领土完整。

不过，以色列总理内坦亚胡周五在视频声明中说，以色列在黎巴嫩保留“完全自由”的行动权，以应对任何威胁。他指出，以黎已开始实现历史性和平的进程，但以方很清楚真主党正试图进行破坏。他也说，以军周四和周五都发动打击，并决心让以色列北部地区居民恢复安全。

美国总统特朗普周四宣布，以黎同意延长停火三周；但黎巴嫩卫生部周五说，以军当天对黎巴嫩南部发动空袭，导致六人丧命，两人受伤。