Nearly 60,000 people poured into the Spanish exclave from Morocco over two days, fueling competing claims over who was to blame The record migrant influx into Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta has fueled political divisions in the country, with the opposition criticizing the government's handling of the crisis. Madrid has accused Morocco of "weaponizing" migration.
US president reduced to bemoaning Tehran’s ‘unbelievable duplicity’ as he struggles to find solid negotiating ground Middle East crisis live – latest updates The Donald Trump doctrine has always contained a tenuous relationship with the truth. It was his mentor, the infamous New York lawyer Roy Cohn , who taught the young real estate mogul always to claim victory and never to admit defeat. Unfortunately for Trump, in Iran the US president has found a counterpart just as stubborn as himself.
Trump says Iran talks happening ‘right now’ Trump has said that talks with Iran are ongoing and said that it was Tehran’s “last chance” to make a deal, despite Iran earlier contradicting that discussions are taking place. “We are talking right now at the request of Iran, backed by Saudi Arabia, backed by the UAE, and backed by Qatar in particular, but others also… if it doesn’t happen, this is the last chance for them to sign a good document,” Trump said to journalists outside the Oval Office on Monday.
Lebanon arrests former Palestinian ambassador Lebanese authorities arrested the former Palestinian ambassador to Beirut on Monday, ahead of his extradition to Palestine to face corruption charges, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP. The official said that Lebanon’s public prosecutor “issued an arrest warrant for former Palestinian ambassador Ashraf Dabbour on Monday after questioning him”. Dabbour served as the Palestinian envoy to Lebanon from 2012 to 2025 and was previously arrested in April at the request of the Palestinian Authority over charges of corruption and embezzlement of funds during his tenure in Lebanon.
Iran discusses regional developments with Pakistan, Oman Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reportedly held phone conversations on Monday with his counterparts in Oman and Pakistan, to discuss the latest regional developments after Trump called off US strikes against the country. Araghchi said in a Telegram post that he spoke to Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, after reporting to the Iranian cabinet on Sunday that negotiations over a new maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz with Oman were “on the way to being finalised”. According to a post on X, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar discussed “regional and international developments, including the deteriorating situation in Occupied East Jerusalem” with Arachghi.
Trump accuses Iranian leadership of being ‘duplicitous’ US President Donald Trump accused Iran of being “duplicitous” in their conduct with the US by agreeing to talks privately and then publicly saying they are only having discussions with Oman and not the US. This comes after Iran denied any talks were ongoing with the US despite Trump’s announcement that negotiations would begin after he decided to cancel strikes against the country. “Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on Monday.
WASHINGTON -- As Washington weighs military pressure against diplomacy, President Donald Trump has paused plans for a major strike on Iran while negotiations continue over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's nuclear program. Both Tehran and Washington say talks are progressing, but no agreement has yet been reached.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Senior former diplomat Surendra Kumar on Monday criticised the rapidly shifting military and diplomatic stances between the United States and Iran, remarking that the lack of predictability in decisions carrying global consequences has made the ongoing West Asia crisis 'like a comedy.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that Iran does not seek tension or insecurity in the region, but will act with full force in defending its security, national interests, and territorial integrity.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Former Indian Ambassador to Iran Dinkar P Srivastava on Monday launched a sharp critique of Pakistan's handling of ongoing civil unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK), condemning Islamabad's military response and changing rhetoric toward local demonstrators.
Tehran [Iran], August 3 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Monday said that his country is not engaged in any direct or indirect negotiations with the United States, firmly dismissing assertions of active bilateral dialogue between Tehran and Washington.
How loyalty between Iran and Kuwait gave way to mistrust Submitted by Amara Sophia Elahi on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 09:55 From hosting Kuwaiti refugees during the Gulf War to exchanging accusations over US military bases, the relationship has undergone repeated shifts US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, 24 June 2026 (Eric Lee/Pool/AFP) Off When Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, accused Kuwait of being “part of the fire of the wicked” on social media last week, it was apparent that the previously amicable relationship between the two countries had now soured. “Iran has always adhered to good neighbourliness, but the smoke of ingratitude and the absence of foresight will blind the eyes of the ungrateful,” Baghaei warned . His comments were a reference to the support Iran lent Kuwait during the Gulf War (1990-91), and were made as American military bases in Kuwait came under fire by Iranian missiles.
Iran discussing creation of temporary route through strait of Hormuz with its neighbour, says spokesperson Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran has been in discussion with Oman about the creation of a new temporary route through the strait of Hormuz that would allow commercial shipping to resume, but is not yet reviving talks with the US, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Esmail Baghaei was responding to claims by Donald Trump that talks between the two sides covering all the major disputes between them could restart as early as Monday. Trump claimed he held off from launching the biggest strike on any country “since world war two” over the weekend after Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, rang him to urge diplomacy.
Bullish investors are out in force on Monday despite more mixed messages about potential U. S. -Iran peace talks.
Iran denies talks with US as Trump halts strikes at the last minute Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 10:55 Iranian officials say their only current talks are with Oman over reopening the Strait of Hormuz Iranians walk past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in Tehran on 3 August (AFP/Atta Kenare) Off Iran has denied any talks are ongoing with the US despite a claim from Donald Trump, who called off strikes on the country on Saturday. Trump had announced that negotiations with Iran would begin on Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic Republic in order to pursue a deal. "Obviously, they don't want to be attacked," Trump told reporters on Sunday on board Air Force One.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's caretaker defense minister proposed the formation of a security alliance among Muslim nations, saying the recent war of aggression against Iran demonstrated that regional security must be ensured by countries in the region rather than foreign powers.
President Trump cited progress in the negotiations when canceling a threatened attack on Iran over the weekend. Iran said there were no current talks with the United States.
'We will rise again': A new generation of Tunisians prepare for Ennahda's return Submitted by Faisal Edroos on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 09:35 President Kais Saied's crackdown was meant to bury Tunisia's largest Islamist movement. Five years later, the movement's youth wing insists their comeback is near Ennahda supporters take to the streets on 13 September 2019 in the run up to the country's presidential election (Faisal Edroos/MEE) Off They've watched their leaders jailed, their offices closed and their movement repeatedly attacked. But five years after President Kais Saied seized sweeping powers and dismantled Tunisia 's democratic institutions, supporters of Ennahda insist the country's largest Islamist movement is preparing to rise from the ashes.
Tehran [Iran], August 3 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that an understanding reached between Iran and Oman on a new maritime traffic route through the Strait of Hormuz is merely a technical prerequisite to regulate safe vessel passage and does not signal
