US Orders Some Diplomats to Leave Middle East

The US ordered some staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad, and restricted government employees and family members in Israel from traveling outside major cities like Tel Aviv.
Around the same time, risk warnings from naval forces were issued to vessels operating in and around the Persian Gulf, the world's largest oil-producing region. Market jitters intensified amid the heightened tensions, with oil and gold prices rising higher.

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