Rubio told European counterparts Trump prefers deal on Iran - WSJ

The United States evacuated 79 staff and family members from its embassy in Israel on Friday, the Associated Press reported citing a confidential state department memo.

Their flight departed Tel Aviv for Sofia, Bulgaria, the AP reported, in the second known flight to have occurred this week.

Iran and the United States kept up their communication over the weekend, NBC news reported on Saturday citing a US official, but it was not clear if the contact amounted to negotiations.

US President Donald Trump wrote “Only time will tell” in a social media post on whether the Iranian nuclear program could be ended voluntarily or militarily.

The president made the remark on Saturday in a Truth Social post embedded with a Fox News segment in which a commentator said Trump never wavered from a demand that the Iranian nuclear program must end either by being dismantled or destroyed.