By Bill Faries, Bloomberg News

The U.S. State Department issued a “Worldwide Caution” alert for American citizens, flagging the potential of travel disruptions and demonstrations following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

“The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East,” the State Department said in a statement. “There is the potential for demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests abroad. The Department of State advises U.S. citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution.”

These global alerts from the U.S. are relatively rare — the last one was in October 2023, soon after Hamas’ attacks on Israel from Gaza sparked the latest conflict.

Iran has vowed to retaliate after the U.S. attacked its facilities over the weekend in a bid to derail the country’s nuclear program. Iran’s foreign minister has said it reserves all options to respond, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has signaled that U.S. military bases in the region could be targeted.

At the United Nations on Sunday, Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani told an emergency Security Council meeting that the “timing, nature and scale” of Tehran’s response “will be decided by its armed forces.”

The State Department recommends Americans review any country-specific security alerts on its travel site, which you can see here.

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By Josh Xiao and Yian Lee, Bloomberg News

China criticized the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities and reiterated that it’s willing to join international efforts to restore peace in the Middle East.

Beijing “strongly” condemns the attacks on Iran, according to a four-sentence statement from the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.

“The U.S. move seriously violates the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter and international law and exacerbates tensions in the Middle East,” it said. “China calls on all parties to the conflict, especially Israel, to cease fire as soon as possible.”

On Monday, the state-run Global Times added to the criticism, saying the US’s use of bunker-buster bombs would push “the Iran-Israel conflict closer toward an uncontrollable state.”

President Donald Trump said American bombers struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites and threatened more attacks if Tehran doesn’t capitulate, pulling the U.S. directly into the country’s conflict with Israel despite his longtime promises to avoid new wars.

Beijing hasn’t yet offered substantial assistance to Tehran besides rhetorical support. President Xi Jinping last week outlined a four-point proposal for the Iran-Israel war in a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on China to speak to leaders in Iran about not closing the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway at the entrance to the Persian Gulf where about a fifth of the world’s crude output passes through.

“I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them about that because they heavily depend on the Straits of Hormuz for their oil,” he told Fox News.

China is the nation most dependent on oil passing through the strait, where a third of its crude transits. Tehran could seek to retaliate for the U.S. attack by trying to close the chokepoint. Iran’s parliament has called for closing the waterway, according to Iranian state-run TV — a move that would need the explicit approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to proceed.

Iran has vowed not to back down, with its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, saying the country “reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interest, and people” and warning America’s move “will have everlasting consequences.”

While China buys some 90% of Iran’s oil exports in defiance of U.S. restrictions, the risks of secondary sanctions and the official stance against nuclear proliferation have prevented Beijing from intervening.

Some analysts have suggested that a distracted Washington might be good news for Beijing.

“If this results in a prolonged U.S. engagement in the Middle East, it would also mean less concentration on Beijing’s immediate neighborhood, both militarily and diplomatically,” said William Yang, senior analyst for North East Asia at International Crisis Group.

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(With assistance from Jon Herskovitz.)

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A 24-year-old Bloomington man was shot and killed Sunday morning after an altercation between men sitting together in a driveway, police said.

A news release from the Bloomington police department said that at 6:45 a.m. police received calls about a shooting on the 200 block of 92nd Street West in Bloomington.

When officers arrived, the release says that several people were trying to render aid to a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying on the ground near a driveway to a home. An investigation said that several men had been sitting together in the driveway when an altercation began. One person took out a handgun and shot another man several times before fleeing with two other males.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the release states. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office will release his identity at a later date.

Police say that “Investigators have developed people of interest in this homicide investigation.”

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A woman who disappeared Sunday afternoon after she jumped off a boat was found 40 minutes later by a dive team and then pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m. law enforcement personnel were called to White Bear Lake after a 40-year-old woman was reported missing after jumping off a boat, according to a news release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

The release said the woman had been missing for 40 minutes. The county fire and rescue dive team found the woman and brought her to Regions Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The woman’s identity will be released after her family is notified. Authorities said no further information would be released on Sunday night.

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