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Trump Says Iran Has Been Asking if US Sanctions Can Be Lifted

US President Donald Trump attends a dinner with the leaders of the C5+1 Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US President Donald Trump attends a dinner with the leaders of the C5+1 Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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Trump Says Iran Has Been Asking if US Sanctions Can Be Lifted

US President Donald Trump attends a dinner with the leaders of the C5+1 Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US President Donald Trump attends a dinner with the leaders of the C5+1 Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran has been asking if US sanctions against the country can be lifted.

"Iran has been asking if the sanctions could be lifted. Iran has got very heavy US sanctions, and it makes it really hard for them to do what they'd like to be able to do. And I'm open to hearing that, and we'll see what happens, but I would be open to it," Trump told reporters late on Thursday at the White House.

Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Monday that cooperation between Iran and the United States is not possible as long as Washington continues to support Israel, maintain military bases, and interfere in the Middle East.

After taking office for his second term in January, Trump restored his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran, which includes efforts to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. In June, the US bombed Iran's nuclear sites.

The two countries held five rounds of nuclear talks, prior to a 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June. However, talks between the two sides have faced major stumbling blocks, such as the issue of uranium enrichment on Iranian soil, which Western powers want to bring down to zero to minimize any risk of weaponization - a plan that Tehran has rejected.

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Argentina’s Milei Says US-Israel War Against Iran ‘Right Thing to Do’

Argentinian President Javier Milei (C) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, 19 April 2026. (EPA)
Argentinian President Javier Milei (C) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, 19 April 2026. (EPA)
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Argentina’s Milei Says US-Israel War Against Iran ‘Right Thing to Do’

Argentinian President Javier Milei (C) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, 19 April 2026. (EPA)
Argentinian President Javier Milei (C) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, 19 April 2026. (EPA)

Argentine President Javier Milei declared Sunday that the joint US-Israel war against Iran was the "right thing to do", as he signed on to the so-called Isaac Accords aimed at deepening bilateral ties between Israel and Latin American countries.

Making his third visit to Israel as president, Milei reaffirmed Argentina's support for the campaign against Iran, citing his government's earlier decision to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist organization".

"We expressed our firm support for the United States and Israel in their war against terrorism and against the Iranian regime, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because our countries are brothers in suffering," Milei said in a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Argentina was the victim of cowardly terrorist attacks on the AMIA and on the Embassy of Israel, both instigated by Iran," he added.

Argentina has accused Iran of not cooperating with a probe into a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured more than 300 at a Jewish community center.

Prior to that, in 1992, an explosion at the Israeli embassy killed 29 and wounded 200.

Argentine courts have blamed both attacks on Iran, which has always denied involvement and refused to hand over suspects.

"To this day, we still demand justice," said the libertarian leader, an outspoken supporter of both Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

"We reiterate our willingness to move the Argentine embassy to Jerusalem as soon as conditions allow. We consider it necessary, but above all, just," he added.

The US-backed Isaac Accords are an initiative designed to boost Israel's ties with Latin America, mirroring the Abraham Accords under which some Arab countries normalized relations with Israel during Trump's first term.

Israel and Argentina also inked a deal to launch direct flights between Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv from November -- a move Milei said would cement "an unbreakable bond" between the two countries.

Netanyahu hailed Milei for showing "moral clarity" in standing with Israel.

"President Milei... has shown that by standing up with the Jewish people, standing up against anti-Semitic vilifications, standing up in our hour of need, standing up when we fight the battle of civilization against barbarism," Netanyahu said.

Argentina is home to the largest Jewish community in Latin America, numbering nearly 300,000 people living mostly in Buenos Aires.

Earlier on Sunday, Milei visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, considered the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray.

He had also visited the site in February 2024 and June 2025.

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Carney Says Canada’s US Ties Have Become a Weakness

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (not pictured) on Parliament Hill the day after his governing Liberal Party secured a majority by winning all three seats in special elections, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2026. (Reuters)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (not pictured) on Parliament Hill the day after his governing Liberal Party secured a majority by winning all three seats in special elections, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2026. (Reuters)
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Carney Says Canada’s US Ties Have Become a Weakness

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (not pictured) on Parliament Hill the day after his governing Liberal Party secured a majority by winning all three seats in special elections, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2026. (Reuters)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (not pictured) on Parliament Hill the day after his governing Liberal Party secured a majority by winning all three seats in special elections, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2026. (Reuters)

Canada's close ‌ties to the United States were once a strength but have become a weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday, in a video message to his country in which he also praised the heroism of military leaders who fought against US invasion more than two centuries ago.

Holding up a small toy soldier depiction of General Isaac Brock, the British military leader who died defending what is now Canada from a US invasion in the War of 1812, Carney said Canada ‌can't control ‌the disruption coming from its US neighbors, and ‌can't ⁠bet its future ⁠on the hope that it will suddenly stop.

"The situation today feels unique, but we've faced down threats like this before," Carney said, referencing Brock and several other Canadian historical figures, including Chief Tecumseh who united Indigenous Nations across the Great Lakes to resist US expansion in 1812.

Carney, who secured a ⁠parliamentary majority for his Liberal government last week, ‌has said his electoral win will ‌help him deal more effectively in the trade war started ‌by US President Donald Trump.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick slammed ‌Canada as a difficult trading partner last week.

Canada, which sends almost 70% of its exports to the United States, is this year due to review the trilateral US-Mexico-Canada free trade treaty. US officials ‌have suggested they want major changes to the pact.

As well as imposing tariffs on Canadian ⁠exports ⁠such as steel, aluminum and autos, Trump has repeatedly mused about annexing Canada and turning it into the 51st US state.

Carney's office did not immediately respond to questions about why he had released the video now and why he had praised figures who resisted US expansionism.

Carney said he plans to give regular addresses to Canadians in the weeks and months ahead to update them on what his government is doing to grow Canada's economy and defend its sovereignty.

"It's our country, it's our future, we are taking back control," he said.

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Spain Urges EU to End Association Agreement with Israel

Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Socialist International Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona, Spain, 18 April 2026. (EPA)
Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Socialist International Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona, Spain, 18 April 2026. (EPA)
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Spain Urges EU to End Association Agreement with Israel

Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Socialist International Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona, Spain, 18 April 2026. (EPA)
Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Socialist International Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona, Spain, 18 April 2026. (EPA)

Spain will ask the European Union to end its association agreement with Israel over alleged violations of international law, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Sunday.

"On Tuesday, Spain's government will present a proposal to the EU that the European Union break off its association agreement with Israel", which has been in place since June 2000, Sanchez told a political rally in Andalusia.

He alleged that Israel "violates international law" and therefore "cannot be a partner of the European Union ... it's as simple as that".