Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to President Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran, according to two U.S. officials and a third source with knowledge of the call.
Why it matters: Trump is seriously considering attacking Iranian energy targets in the coming days in response to Iran's missile strike on a U.S. base in Jordan and its continued disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. He has yet to issue final orders.
President Trump is seriously considering launching attacks against energy targets in Iran in the next few days, but hasn't given final orders to do it, a U.S. official told Axios on Friday.
Why it matters: A new U.S. bombing campaign in Iran against energy and infrastructure targets would be aimed at trying to get the Iranians to agree to the United States' terms in ongoing ceasefire negotiations.
Concluding a busy week in central bank land, the Bank of Japan elected to leave interest rates unchanged overnight Thursday. But its communications were in sharp contrast to the Fed's from Wednesday.
Driving the news: The bank left its target policy rate at 1% as Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda pledged that it will not fall behind the curve on its interest rate policy, one of several comments that signal more interest rate increases might be on the way.
It adds up to a sign that a rate hike in the months ahead is more likely.
Delaware court fights over M&A are ordinary. Unless the parties are fighting over dozens of dolphins.
Driving the news: Creditors for The Dolphin Company, once one of the world's largest aquatic park operators, have asked a bankruptcy court judge for permission to sell its Mexican assets for $20 million to the company's current management.
Included would be 87 bottlenose dolphins, plus eight manatees, and six sea lions.
President Trump announced Thursday that his Board of Peace had reached an agreement with Hamas to disarm and transfer civilian and security control of Gaza to a new Palestinian technocratic government.
Why it matters: If implemented, the agreement would represent a dramatic breakthrough in Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan and clear the way for reconstruction of the devastated enclave.
