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Israel had requested 12,000 BLU-110A/B general-purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies, with Marco Rubio having determined that the sale was in the US's "national security interests."

Meanwhile, White House official Stephen Miller told a gathering of Latin American military leaders on Thursday that drug cartels can only be defeated with military force.

The State Department did not provide any further details on transportation operations but urged US citizens in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Israel to contact the Department if in need.

There was no mention of any CIA personnel being wounded, with the attack on the embassy the latest in a series of Iranian attacks across the Gulf states.

The federal government's widening boycott of Anthropic and its Chatbot platform Claude marked a harsh rebuke by Washington.

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

Multiple countries have urged nationals in Israel to exercise extreme caution, including China, France, and Italy, while others urged citizens to leave Iran, including the UK, Canada, and Australia

The US State Department has approved the sale of radar systems to Jordan for $280 million, while the US increases its military presence at a Jordanian airbase, including fighter jets.

Experts see the move as a reversion to a more confrontational approach, with the administration pushing for a more "assertive international data policy."

According to activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, the clip shows Hamas operatives shutting down small vendors who refused to pay taxes and threatening violence, disappearance, and torture.