Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were due to fly to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday before their trip was cancelled.

The announcement came shortly after Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, left Pakistan, where he had presented mediators with a possible framework aimed at ending the conflict.

Diplomatic sources say Iran remains unwilling to engage in direct, face-to-face talks with the United States due to major disagreements. Tehran views Washington’s position as overly demanding, while U.S. officials consider Iran’s conditions unacceptable.

Despite the lack of progress, Pakistan has reiterated its willingness to continue mediating between the two sides, keeping diplomatic channels open.

Araghchi is expected to return to Islamabad later on Sunday evening while en route from Oman, where he may hold further discussions with Pakistani officials. Members of his delegation have already returned to Tehran for consultations and are expected to rejoin him soon, with developments anticipated within the next 24 hours.

In Islamabad, security measures have been eased, with barricades removed and roads reopened, signaling a pause in high-level engagements. For now, direct negotiations remain on hold.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the latest developments in Iran-U.S. talks during a phone call with American negotiators, according to a Turkish foreign ministry source.

Turkey has positioned itself as a diplomatic intermediary in the crisis and has called for a ceasefire, while also criticizing U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran that triggered the conflict as violations of international law.

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“Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing,” Trump said in a late-night post on Truth Social, without providing any further explanation or evidence.

“I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota,” he said.

Trump called Minnesota a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” under Democratic Governor Tim Walz, an apparent response to unverified media reports, shared by several Republican lawmakers, that the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia had benefited from fraud committed in Minnesota.

Walz responded on X, saying, “It’s not surprising that the President has chosen to broadly target an entire community. This is what he does to change the subject.”

Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota also responded on X, writing, “Another late night threat by Donald Trump, and this time he’s going after people in just one state w/ legal status. Maybe the President should spend his evenings working on bringing down costs instead of targeting Somalis who have been in our country for years.”

The TPS program for Somalis was launched by then-President George H.W. Bush in September 1991. It grants government protection to eligible foreign-born individuals who cannot return home safely due to civil war or natural disasters.

Seventeen countries are eligible, but the Trump administration has announced it is terminating TPS designations for several, including Venezuela and Nicaragua.

The administration of Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, extended the eligibility for Somalis through March 17, 2026. Most of the Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens, and there are only 705 Somali-born individuals nationwide who have TPS status, according to a report by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service.

By comparison, over 330,000 Haitians have TPS status, along with over 170,000 people from El Salvador.

Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minnesota, said Trump’s decision was disappointing given that the Somalis in question were legal migrants, adding that Trump’s move could tear families apart.

“These are legal immigrants and they should not suffer as a consequence of a political football that’s being played against the Muslim community.

These individuals have been following the law,” he said.

Abshir Omar, a political strategist who endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential election, said he expected the decision to be challenged in court. He said it could harm the long-term economic and strategic relationship with Somalia, which in March offered the U.S. exclusive control of air bases and ports, and has expressed interest in partnerships with U.S. firms to explore its large oil reserves.

(Source: Reuters)

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