The US State Department's director of policy planning, Michael Anton, will head the technical delegation at talks with Iran in Oman on Saturday, which Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will also attend, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday.Bruce told reporters at a regular news briefing that the talks in Oman will be the first meeting of technical teams. The IAEA also plans to send a team to Iran this week, she said.

Harvard University's endowment is in advanced talks to sell private equity fund interests totaling about $1 billion amid financial uncertainty and President Donald Trump's threats to cut federal funding, according to Bloomberg News on Thursday.Harvard Management Company, which oversees the largest endowment in US higher education, is being advised by Jefferies Financial Group to sell the portfolio to private equity firm Lexington Partners, the report added, citing sources familiar with the matter.The terms of the deal, which might be in a secondaries transaction, are not final and are subject to change, according to the report.Harvard Management, Jefferies and Lexington Partners did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Israel Air Force fighter jets and helicopters are due to carry out training flights throughout the day between April 27 and 29, ahead of the Remembrance Day flight ceremony, the IDF announced on Friday.The military asked the public to refrain from flying drones in the airspace of Mount Herzl, Mount Hayatisim, and the President's House in Jerusalem for safety reasons.

The IAF struck targets in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported on Friday night.This is a developing story.

Hundreds of Israelis and American Jews protested against National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir outside a New York City location where he was slated to speak on Thursday, KAN News reported.Ben-Gvir was reportedly forced to use a side entrance after the protesters delayed his entry to the event.

The United States and Russia are moving in the right direction to end the war in Ukraine, but some specific elements of a deal remain to be agreed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with CBS News."The statement by the president (Trump) mentions a deal, and we are ready to reach a deal, but there are still some specific points - elements of this deal which need to be fine-tuned," Lavrov told CBS News' "Face the Nation" show, which will air on Sunday."We continue our contacts with the American side on the situation in Ukraine, there are several signs that we are moving in the right direction," Lavrov said.

China, Russia and Iran jointly met with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss Iran's nuclear program, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.The joint meeting on Thursday between the IAEA representatives and the nuclear agency's director general came after Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi visited Beijing this week.The meeting had in-depth communication on the IAEA's role in the political and diplomatic settlement process of the Iranian nuclear program, with China expressing support for Iran's dialog with all parties including with the US, Xinhua said.