Some US government employees from the US Embassy in Baghdad and its consulate in Erbil have been ordered to leave Iraq.
In a statement, the US State Department said: "Normal visa services at both posts will be temporarily suspended".
A US State Department spokesman said the decision to withdraw the staff was based on escalating tensions between Washington and Iran.
He, however, didn't give details on how many personnel were leaving.
Pakistan ex-PM Khan medically fit, taken back to prison, minister says
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country's information minister said on Friday.
Strong earthquake strikes central Peru
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit central Peru on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, although authorities reported no immediate casualties or damage.
At least 50 killed as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria
At least 50 people, mostly children, died after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state, witnesses said.
Eight killed in charter plane crash near remote site in western Alaska
Eight people died after a charter plane crashed at a remote military radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, the US military's Alaskan Command said.
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