Middle East

Israel is closely monitoring US military deployments as uncertainty grows over Iran’s next move and the possibility of a broader regional showdown.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, a US-recognized terrorist group, said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after a Pakistani bombing campaign.

"The Iranian regime must stop taking hostages and release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran," Rubio said, as Trump states he is "not happy" with the negotiations.

This is the first time the IAEA has reported where uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to the 90% of weapons grade, has been stored.

Three out of the five factory warehouses were seen engulfed in flames.

The militia's threat came as the US Embassy in Israel said it had authorized the departure of non-essential personnel on Friday.

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Trump’s framing of Iran as a direct security threat to the US in his State of the Union address could shape whether Washington ultimately chooses war over diplomacy.

The regime, rights groups stated, would routinely force the families to register their loved ones posthumously as members of the paramilitary Basij militia, a force affiliated with the IRGC.

Palestine is currently considered a non-member state of the UN and a Permanent Observer with “a standing invitation to participate as Observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly.”

According to the global commodity data provider site Kpler, the recent average has been approximately 10 million barrels of crude oil and condensate per week.