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The latest talks were in Geneva on Thursday and included the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that monitors nuclear enrichment.
Their Norwegian refugee council, which provides tents for displaced people in Gaza, says the injunction pauses immediate closure of their operations, but does not restore visas for international staff trying to enter the Palestinian territories or allow them to bring in aid.
Doctors Without Borders, which runs clinics in Gaza, says the impact of the court's interim order remains uncertain.
Aid groups had petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to urgently halt a March 1st deadline that strips them of their ability to work in Gaza and the West Bank.
It comes after new Israeli rules required aid groups to disclose lists of their Palestinian staff for vetting or be deregistered.
Israel says this is for security.
Aid groups say they're concerned about its implications on local staff and note that Israeli forces killed more than 400 aid workers in the war in Gaza.
In addition to ordering non-emergency U.S.
staff and their families to leave Israel, the U.S.
Embassy advised that other Americans may also wish to consider leaving while commercial flights are available.
A similar order was issued for non-emergency U.S.
staff to depart Lebanon earlier this week.
Despite these precautionary orders and a continued U.S.
military buildup in the region, Iran and the Trump administration continue to hold indirect talks.
The latest talks were in Geneva on Thursday and included the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that monitors nuclear enrichment.
Aya Bhattarawi, NPR News, Dubai.
The Trump Organization this week launched a golf course, hotel, and residential community on the outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
It will be built within a sprawling new development owned by Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund, which is run by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sadman.
The company also announced a new Trump Plaza in Jeddah, the second to be built in the Saudi coastal city.
The Saudi company developing these projects, Dar Global, says the new projects are worth $10 billion.