On the one hand, the US military presence makes them targets, and at the same time they want to avoid being a battlefield and undermining their economic stability. President Trump backtracked on Tuesday on his demand to charge a 20% toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and instead said that the Gulf states would make significant investments in the United States.

The acting president affirmed that government actions will focus on the most vulnerable populations and on immediate attention to the earthquake victims.

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed in a statement its “firm condemnation” of “the aggressive actions of the US terrorist Army.”

The Gazan Ministry of Health has raised this Tuesday the number of dead to 1,168 and the injured to 3,798 due to Israeli attacks since the ceasefire.

The far-right presidential candidate promised that after the second round of elections there will be “the full normalization of relations” between both countries. “Together we are indestructible,” he said.

The former president of the neighboring country, convicted in the first instance in the Odebrecht and Ecoteva cases, stated that his process has exceeded the legal deadlines and requested that his situation be evaluated with criteria of humanity and objectivity.

The Treasury Department included the Cuban president, part of his family, and state entities on a sanctions list. Havana called the measure a new “interventionist” action by Washington.

According to the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, the nighttime attacks caused fires and damaged structures in several districts of the city.

The island’s Electric Union expects to have only 1,070 megawatts available against a maximum demand of 3,200 during Saturday afternoon and evening. Eleven of the country’s 16 thermoelectric units are out of service.