Iran’s foreign minister leaves Pakistan, heads to Russia for more talks
Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, has left Islamabad for Moscow, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, as mediators hope to keep the prospect of more Tehran-Washington talks alive, Aljazeera reported.
Araghchi sandwiched a trip to Muscat, Oman, in between visits to the Pakistani capital, leaving on Sunday to be in Russia the following day. But there was no indication that direct talks between Iran and the United States would resume.
However, in a sign that indirect efforts were ongoing, the Fars news agency reported that Iran had transmitted “written messages” to the Americans via mediator Pakistan, which were “about some of the red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz”.
Washington hotel shooting raises questions about Trump security
"I can't imagine that there's any profession that is more dangerous," Donald Trump said of his job, just hours after he was at the centre of yet another major security incident, BBC reported.
While a small army of Secret Service agents make the US president arguably the world's most protected person, keeping him safe is proving to be no easy task.
First there was the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 2024 in which a bullet grazed his ear. Just 64 days later, Trump was again the target of a would-be assassin as he played a round on his Florida golf course.
And now, hours after gunshots shattered the revelry of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Hilton hotel in the nation's capital, Trump's security is once again under scrutiny.
Trump and officials 'likely' targets of press dinner shooting suspect, authorities believe
US President Donald Trump and his officials were the "likely" targets of a suspected gunman who attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, BBC reported.
The suspect, named by US media as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, was arrested after police said he opened fire near a security checkpoint during the event at a Washington DC hotel on Saturday.
Blanche, speaking to NBC News, said the alleged gunman's motive is still under investigation, but that "preliminary" findings suggest he was targeting administration officials.
Suspected gunman at Washington press dinner identified as 31-year-old Californian
The man arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named to the BBC's US news partner CBS by law enforcement sources as Cole Tomas Allen, BBC reported.
The 31-year-old suspect is from Torrance in the Los Angeles region, California.
After he was detained by security agents inside the Washington Hilton hotel he told law enforcement officials he wanted to shoot officials in the Trump administration, two sources told CBS, according to BBC.
