Oil prices were lower in early Asian trade amid hopes of a possible U.S.-Iran deal that could ease supply disruptions.

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

The markets’ moves were the first since President Trump said late Saturday that he had halted a U.S. assault as Iran.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Austin Ramzy of the Wall Street Journal about how China is able to import oil from Iran despite blockades on the Strait of Hormuz.

The Spanish enclave of Ceuta regained a measure of calm after a mass crossing of thousands of Moroccans that left at least 67 people dead, as arrivals from Morocco slowed to sporadic attempts, El País reported on August 1.

Spain is installing a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco.

Spain's North African enclave, officials said, after Thursday's mass surge from Morocco The death toll from Thursday's mass rush into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco reached at least 72 on Sunday as five more bodies were found along Ceuta's coast,

The death toll from Thursday’s mass rush into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco ‌reached at least 72 on Sunday as five more bodies were found along Ceuta’s coast, officials said. More than 50,

The body of Scottish national Elisabeth-Jane Ross was discovered last month in a suitcase in a derelict building in Athens.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested following the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Athens. The body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 28, was discovered by a homeless man in a derelict building in the Kypseli area of Athens on 18 July.

The suspect, believed to be a 26-year-old Afghan who was a cleaner at the building where Elisabeth-Jane Ross was staying, has been arrested in connection with her 'intentional homicide'.

Greek police have arrested a man after he allegedly admitted to transporting the body of a Scottish woman in a suitcase to an abandoned building. The body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, was found inside a suitcase inside the building in Athens on July 18,

Indonesian rescuers are continuing the search for 28 people still missing on Monday after a ferry caught fire off Indonesia's Madura island, an official said.

Indonesian rescuers are searching for possible missing passengers after a ferry fire off Java Sunday killed at least five people

At least five people were killed and 41 remain missing after a ferry carrying hundreds of people caught fire in Indonesia, officials said.

Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire while at sea, officials say. The captain of the ship reported the fire - off Madura island - as the vessel sailed from the country's second-largest city,

Cuba’s energy grid collapsed late Sunday, the state-owned electricity utility announced on social media, plunging the Caribbean country into yet another nationwide blackout.

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.

Cuba's ​national ‌electricity grid ​collapsed ​late ⁠on ​Sunday, ​the state-owned ​national ​electric utility said ‌in ⁠an ​post ​on ⁠social ​media ​website ⁠X.

A man rides his bicycle down a street during a blackout in Havana on August 1, 2026 (Yamil Lage/AFP] Cuba's national electricity grid has collapsed, plunging the island into a widespread blackout. The state-run Electric Union,

Palestinian health officials said Israeli warplanes carried out separate strikes across the ⁠enclave in the northern Gaza City, central city of Deir ​al-Balah, ⁠and the southern area of Khan Younis.

President Donald Trump this week touted “a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT” of Hamas. But after his Board of Peace released the text of the 15-point plan Friday, analysts cautioned that there seemed to be a substantial gap between Israel and Hamas on a path forward.

Deadly Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday (August 2), with Israel's energy minister Eli Cohen saying there is no deal to halt strikes, despite U.S. President Donald Trump earlier announcing a breakthrough in efforts to implement the Gaza ceasefire agreement reached last year.

Israel says 12 more freed hostages - 10 of its own citizens and two Thai nationals - have left Gaza and are now in Israeli territory Prison officials in Israel also say they've released another 30 Palestinians - joining 150 others,