State Department orders nonessential US diplomats and families to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar, reports AP.

ALSO READ

• UPDATE 2-Blizzard slams US Northeast, closing roads and canceling flights

• Sikkim MP writes to Delhi Police, seeks action against 'racial abuse' of 3 women from Arunachal

• WRAPUP 4-Hungary blocks Russia sanctions, EU cash for Kyiv on eve of Ukraine war anniversary

• Census must fully record population of minority groups: Ex-bureaucrats to census commissioner

• UPDATE 2-Bund yields hover at multi-month lows as investors weigh US tariff ruling