US, Qatar to revisit Gulf country's ties to Hamas

WASHINGTON - The United States and Qatar have agreed to revisit the Gulf country's ties to Hamas after the hostage crisis in Gaza is resolved, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing four diplomats familiar with the discussions.

Meanwhile, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said the Biden administration is looking for more opportunities to reduce the flow of financing to Hamas in the aftermath of its attacks against Israel.

Yellen, in an interview with Bloomberg, said the administration has already taken a "large number" of steps to put sanctions against Hamas in place.

Yellen also said she is not seeing much so far in the way of consequences to the global economy from the conflict between Israel and Hamas, but she is monitoring developments closely.