Bessent confirmed that the United States participated in ‘coordinated foreign exchange actions’ that ‘countered disorderly yen movements.’
The pilot zones are designed to transfer security responsibility in parts of southern Lebanon from Hezbollah to the Lebanese army.
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from the area, including more than 250 rescued from beaches by boat crews.
The comment came after the U.S. president said he would call off major strikes against the country in favor of negotiations.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron raised alarm over the widening EU–China trade gap during a joint cabinet meeting.
The power cuts follow a number of blackouts last month that prompted protests in Havana.
Tehran said it is negotiating only with Oman despite Trump’s announcement that U.S.–Iran talks would begin on Monday.
The Israeli military said it targeted Hamas weapons storage facilities near a hospital in the central Gaza Strip.
Thousands of migrants returned to Morocco as authorities reinforced border security following one of Europe’s largest illegal immigration surges in years.
“Rivalry, treachery, double dealing, money, hatred, desperation, opportunism and more are at the heart of this case,” Jones’s barrister Gabrielle Bashir said.
Army veteran Warren Pickering will lead the party against a struggling Labor government.