The US aviation body has announced it will ban all US carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq and Iran.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the restrictions are being issued due to "heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the Middle East, which present an inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operations".
It comes after Iran launched ballistic missile strikes on two Iraqi bases that house US troops.
Yemen government says Houthi missiles kill four in port city
Yemen's government said Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at the Red Sea port of Mocha on Friday, killing at least four civilians.
Trump says he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory and urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Race to reach trapped survivors offers hope in Colombia quake zone
Rescuers raced in Colombia on Friday to free four people from a collapsed hotel, a rare sign of hope nearly four days after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the Andean nation in decades left hundreds dead or missing.
20 dead after Indonesia's magnitude-7.7 earthquake, rescuers say
At least 20 people have died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, a rescue agency said.
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