Iran is discussing a temporary safe route through the Strait of Hormuz with Oman, not the United States, Reuters reported Monday, noting the situation will remain unchanged while U.S. "aggression" continues.

Mohsen Rezaee, a senior military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, on Monday said that Tehran will not permit any shipping route through the strategic waterway other than the one designated by the Islamic Republic.

Iran announced that its high-stakes diplomatic negotiations with Oman regarding the establishment of a novel temporary shipping corridor through the strategic Strait of Hormuz are rapidly nearing completion.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites. Delegations from the U.

New York stock markets rose across the board, driven by a rebound in large tech stocks and a sharp decline in international oil prices. This came as U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew plans to attack Iran and sought a diplomatic solution,

Oil prices fell about 5% to a three-week low on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump held off on a fresh attack on Iran in the hope of sealing a quick deal that could boost oil supplies from the Gulf.

Oil prices fell sharply Sunday after President Donald Trump said he would order U.S. forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran

President Trump didn't hold back in the Oval Office on Monday, calling out top U.S. oil executives for making "too much money" during the conflict with Iran.

Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin ⁠said ⁠on Monday that he had ⁠left the country for the time being, weeks after Moscow designated ​him a "foreign agent" and disqualified him from running in a parliamentary election.

An anti-war politician who tried to challenge Vladimir Putin at the last Russian presidential election says he has fled the country after Moscow declared him a "foreign agent" last month. Boris Nadezhdin posted a video standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The Russian authorities prohibited Nadezhdin on July 16 from legally leaving the country, less than a week after labeling him a foreign agent.

Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, a critic of the war in Ukraine, has left Russia after crackdown that barred him from running in this year’s parliamentary election

Spain said some 50,000 undocumented migrants arrived in Ceuta last week, sparking chaos at one of the European Union's two land borders with Africa.

Spain says it will build a 1,600-foot containment fence around its enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants rushed its border with Morocco last week. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.

Spanish authorities began returning migrants to Morocco after more than 50,000 crossed into Ceuta, where dozens died during the surge.

Ceuta Regional President Juan Jesus Vivas accused Morocco of having "encouraged and permitted" the influx of migrants to the Spanish enclave.

Japan’s historic joint intervention with the US is shifting market focus to whether the yen can strengthen beyond 155 per dollar, a threshold strategists view as the key test for the rally’s staying power.

Coordinated Japan-U.S. yen intervention buys time, but cannot reverse the structural forces driving depreciation, BMI analysts said.

Myanmar releases photos of Aung San Suu Kyi amid health concerns and AstraZeneca investors raise concerns over mega-merger talks

The yen’s rally fades. India doubles down on its electronics manufacturing push. And Chinese tea chains are winning over coffee drinkers as they rapidly expand. Listen to the day’s top stories. The yen’s surge following rare US-Japan joint intervention is already losing steam,

Cuba's national ​electrical grid ‌collapsed again on Monday, ​state-run ​media reported, as the ⁠government ​was trying ​to reestablish the system following ​a country-wide blackout ​on Sunday night.

People sleep and rest outdoors on the steps of the University of Havana to escape the heat after Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent,

Cuba's ⁠national electricity ⁠grid collapsed late ​on Sunday, the ‌state-owned national electric ‌utility ⁠said, ⁠plunging the island of about 10 ​million people into darkness as ​blackouts are becoming ever ⁠more frequent.

Thunderstorms have disrupted Cuba’s attempt to restore electricity, the national grid operator said Monday, less than a day after the country suffered its sixth nationwide blackout of the year.