MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and Spain defender Dani Carvajal has injured his foot six weeks before the start of the World Cup, his club said Saturday.
Madrid said Carvajal had a bone fissure in his right foot but did not say how long he is expected to be sidelined.
Once a set starter for Spain, injuries over the last two seasons have caused the right back to miss most national team games, with Pedro Porro and Marcos Llorente taking his spot. So even if fit, it is not a given Luis de la Fuente would call Carvajal up for the tournament in North America.
Spain opens the World Cup against Cape Verde in Atlanta on June 15.
The 34-year-old Carvajal could also have played his last game for Madrid, the club he has helped win six Champions League titles and other trophies. Carvajal's contract expires in June, and Madrid only has five games left with its season ending this month.
Carvajal lost his fixed spot in Madrid's starting 11 after the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold this season.
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FILE - Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal plays the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Osasuna and Real Madrid in Pamplona, Spain, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses, File)
BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies they could face sanctions for paying Iran to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control alert on Friday adds pressure in the standoff over control of the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, where about a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes.
Iran effectively closed the strait by attacking and threatening ships after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Feb. 28. It later offered some ships safe passage via routes closer to its shore, charging fees at times.
The U.S. warns against transfers not only in cash but also in “digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments,” including charitable donations and payments at Iranian embassies.
The U.S. has responded with a naval blockade of Iranian ports since April 13, depriving Tehran of oil revenue it needs to shore up its ailing economy. The U.S. Central Command on Saturday said 48 commercial ships have been told to turn back.
Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi remained hospitalized in Zanjan in northwestern Iran after being transferred from prison late Friday. Her foundation described the condition of the rights lawyer as “very high risk,” with fluctuating blood pressure and severe nausea.
But medical teams in Zanjan have requested her medical records before performing any treatment, while recommending that she be transferred to Tehran for treatment by her own doctors, the foundation said.
However, “the Intelligence (Ministry) is still opposing the transfer of Narges to a hospital in Tehran for angiography,” or imaging of blood vessels, said her Paris-based husband, Taghi Rahmani. He spoke in a voice message shared with The Associated Press by the foundation.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee in a statement Saturday urged Iranian authorities to immediately transfer Mohammadi to her medical team, saying her condition “has deteriorated seriously” and her life is in their hands.
Her legal team is pursuing the matter with the General Prosecutor’s office, the foundation said.
U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war, saying on Friday that “I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” without giving details.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran handed over its plan to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night.
The shaky three-week ceasefire appears to be holding. Negotiations continued by phone after Trump called off his envoys’ trip to Pakistan last weekend, the president said.
Trump also has floated a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran on Saturday said it hanged two men convicted of spying for Israel.
The Iranian judiciary's news outlet, Mizanonline, said Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged after the Supreme Court upheld death sentences.
The outlet said Karimpour was accused of sending “sensitive information” to an officer in Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, while Bekrzadeh allegedly sent details about government and religious leaders as well as information about Natanz. The city is home to a nuclear enrichment facility bombed by Israel and the U.S. last year.
Iran has hanged more than a dozen people over alleged espionage and terrorist activities in recent weeks. Rights groups say Iran routinely holds closed-door trials in which defendants are unable to challenge the accusations they face.
Associated Press writers Collin Binkley in Washington and Nasser Karimi in Tehran contributed to this report.
Vehicles drive past a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Vehicles drive past a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A tanker, left, and a car carrier are anchored at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from the coast near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Men gather along the shore, some crouching and watching a game, as a mix of bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 27, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
A man stands in the water, appearing to fish, as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 27, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
