Embassies evacuate in Middle East with Trump ‘not happy’ on Iran and said no time for diplomatic talks

Lebanese civil defence inspect the destruction at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Houch el-Rafqa, in the Bekaa valley on March 2, 2026. Israel bombarded Lebanon on March 2, expanding conflict across the region after the massive Israel-US attack on Iran that President Donald Trump launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics -- Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP

ASIA (Bloomberg): Countries including the US, UK and China evacuated embassy staff in the Middle East and issued travel advisories amid concerns about a regional conflict, as President Donald Trump sounded downbeat about diplomatic talks meant to avert airstrikes on Iran.

"I’m not happy with the negotiation,” Trump told reporters in Texas on Friday. "We’re negotiating right now, but they’re not getting to the right answer.”