Donald Trump's decision to abandon a planned large-scale military strike against Iran has accelerated regional diplomatic efforts to revive US-Iran negotiations, while deepening political divisions inside Tehran over engagement with Washington.
Netanyahu says he has ‘disagreements’ with Trump on Gaza plan Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there are disagreements between him and US President Donald Trump regarding the recent Gaza agreement. "There are disagreements with President Trump that I don’t hide regarding the recent agreement with Hamas," he said after meeting with lead envoy for Trump’s Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov. "Hamas must be disarmed and the Gaza Strip demilitarised before moving to the reconstruction phase.
Washington DC [US], August 4 (ANI): Following US President Donald Trump's decision to halt plans for a massive stike on Iran to reopen diplomatic engagement for a deal with Tehran, retired US General Jack Keane, a prominent defence analyst and supporter of Trump, has criticised the role of Pakistan
Formal backchannel negotiations between Iranian and Western envoys resumed in Muscat on Monday after President Donald Trump suspended strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure over the weekend, even as Tehran publicly denied direct contacts with Washington.
Report: Pentagon is emailing military experts and asking best way to 'punish' Iran The Trump administration seems to be struggling to figure out how to get out of its self-made Iran quagmire. According to a CNN report on Monday, the US military is now crowdsourcing ideas among military experts for what to do next in order to push Iran into a deal that is to President Donald Trump's liking. "We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran," an email from an officer in US Central Command's (Centcom) intelligence branch read last week, according to the CNN report.
Al Khasab [Oman], August 4 (ANI): A cargo vessel was struck by an unknown projectile approximately 20 nautical miles northeast of Al Khasab, Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday. In a post on X, UKMTO said it had received a distress call regarding the incident after the cargo vessel broadcast a message over VHF Channel 16.
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
Prospects for renewed US-Iran diplomacy remained uncertain on Monday as Washington and Tehran offered sharply different accounts of whether negotiations had already begun.
UKMTO says tank struck off Oman's coast A cargo vessel was struck by an "unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz 20 nautical miles (37 kilometres) north east of Oman's Al Khasab, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.
Iran's foreign minister denies talks with US Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said on Monday that there are no negotiations ongoing between Tehran and Washington, nor any plans for meetings, as the talks over the management of the Hormuz Strait remain mediated by Oman. This contradicts US President Donald Trump's statement from Sunday claiming that a negotiation with Iran would start on Monday afternoon. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that there are no negotiations ongoing between Tehran and Washington, nor any plans for meetings, as the talks over the management of the Hormuz Strait remain mediated by Oman.
Iranian plan to attack Ukraine canceled after Kyiv apology Iran was set to carry out attacks in Ukraine before Kyiv had issued an apology, a top military adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Monday. According to Mohsen Rezaei during an interview with state television, Tehran's armed forces had completed preparations for the strikes before the plan was scrapped. The operation came after Ukraine was accused of attacking an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea in late July, killing one crew member.
Thousands of young people in Gaza are pursuing roles in the digital economy as the territory's wider recovery stalls.
Israel revels in Spain's migrant crisis while embarrassing ally Morocco Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Sun, 08/02/2026 - 16:19 Israel and the US exploited the deaths of Moroccan migrants to punish Spain for its stance on Gaza and Iran A woman sits by a barbed-wire fence as relatives await the return of people from Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta at the Bab Sebta border crossing near Fnideq, Morocco, 2 August 2026 (Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP) Off Israeli political leaders have mocked and exploited the migration crisis engulfing Morocco , an Israeli ally, and Spain , whose relations with Israel have sharply deteriorated. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, wrote on X last week with barely concealed glee: "Spain, which never misses an opportunity to lecture Israel, has declared a state of emergency in Ceuta following the crisis over its immigration policy. " Spain did not declare a state of emergency in Ceuta .
Mohsen Rezaee said there must still be "consequences" for the drone attack on an Iranian ship that killed a sailor Iran called off retaliatory strikes against Ukraine over last month's attack on a cargo ship in the Caspian Sea after Kiev apologized, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader M
Mohsen Rezaee said there must still be consequences for the drone attack on an Iranian ship that killed a sailor Iran called off retaliatory strikes against Ukraine over last month's attack on a cargo ship in the Caspian Sea after Kiev apologized, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said.
Mohsen Rezaee said there must still be "consequences" for the drone attack on an Iranian ship that killed a sailor Iran called off retaliatory strikes against Ukraine over last month's attack on a cargo ship in the Caspian Sea after Kiev apologized, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader M
Turkish intelligence chief meets Hamas delegation in Istanbul Head of Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization Ibrahim Kalin met a Hamas delegation led by its new political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul, according to a statement released by Hamas on Monday. Turkish state broadcaster TRT reported that the meeting addressed the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, as well as Israel’s intensifying attacks on the Palestinian enclave in recent days.
Tehran [Iran], August 4 (ANI): Senior military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, Mohsen Rezaee, on Monday (local time) rejected US President Donald Trump's remarks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and warned that Iran would not permit any shipping route through the strategic waterway other than the one designated by Tehran.
Tehran [Iran], August 3 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that Iran is 'waiting to see' whether Ukraine will take concrete action to support its claim that a drone strike on July 25 on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea was unintentional, as reported by Iranian news agency ISNA.
A female Iranian police colonel accused of assisting protesters during January's nationwide unrest has been charged with offences including "disclosure of state secrets," according to rights group HRANA, in a rare case involving a serving security official.
