Next round of US-Iran nuke talks in Oman on June 15

The sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks will be held on June 15 in Muscat, the Omani foreign minister said on June 12, after US President Donald Trump reiterated that Tehran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

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Mr Trump said on June 11 that US personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place".

Reuters reported earlier that the US was preparing an evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and would allow military dependents to leave locations around the Middle East due to heightened security risks in the region, according to US and Iraqi sources.

The four US and two Iraqi sources did not say what security risks had prompted the decision. Reports of the potential evacuation pushed up oil prices by more than 4 per cent before prices eased on June 12.

Foreign energy companies were continuing their operations as usual, a senior Iraqi official overseeing operations in southern oil fields told Reuters on June 12.

A US official said the State Department had authorized voluntary departures from Bahrain and Kuwait.

The State Department updated its worldwide travel advisory on the evening of June 11 to reflect the latest US posture.