Blasts have been heard in Tehran and sirens have sounded in Israel as US president convenes National Security Council.

The Indian rupee is likely to dip at the open on Tuesday, weighed down by rising oil prices and a decline in U.S. equity futures after U.S. President Donald Trump called for the evacuation of Tehran.

While in Canada at the G-7 summit, President Trump resisted signing onto a planned statement that the Canadian delegation had been working up related to de-escalation between Israel and Iran, according to people familiar with the talks.

US President Donald Trump is in Kananaskis, Alberta in western Canada for the G7 summit where he will shortly meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Trump's one-on-one meeting with Carney comes amid tensions between Washington and Ottawa over trade and security

President Donald Trump signaled Monday that the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran was intensifying rapidly, announcing he would return to Washington a day early from the Group of 7 summit in Canada to monitor developments after issuing an ominous warning to Iranians to “immediately evacuate” their capital city.

President Trump is leaving the G-7 meeting in Canada one day early to focus on the unfolding crisis in the Middle East, according to the White House. "Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East,

The US president will cut short his time at the meeting and return to DC, citing the conflict between Israel and Iran.

AMANEY A. JAMAL is Co-Founder and Co-Principal Investigator at Arab Barometer, Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.

The U.S. military has moved a large number of refueling aircraft to Europe to provide options to President Donald Trump as Middle East tensions erupt into conflict between Iran and Israel, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday,