According to a source close to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration quoted by Baghdad Alyoum, the US message conveyed a willingness to engage in direct talks and potentially forge a new nuclear agreement that would differ from the 2015 deal that was abandoned in 2018.

Trump suggested that if certain conditions weren't met, the US would demand the return of the canal, which has been under Panamanian control since 1999. "If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, quickly and without question."

Following Assad's fall in Syria, Tehran considers using Beirut airport as its new supply hub.

Forty-eight students evacuated after electrical malfunction triggers blaze. Rescuers among injured.