India, Aug. 13 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: A new set of developments is reshaping the political and economic landscape around the Middle East, with Iran moving to deepen its financial ties with the BRICS bloc while tensions in the occupied West Bank draw an unusually strong response from Washington. Iran's central bank governor says Tehran will soon join the New Development Bank (NDB), a BRICS-backed lender, as the country looks for wider economic partnerships amid continued US sanctions.

At the same time, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has condemned a settler siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra near Nablus, calling it a "horrific act of terror." The developments come as Israeli settlers also return to the former Ganim...