Trump Threatens to Claim Strait of Hormuz

Trump Threatens to Claim Strait of Hormuz

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz American territory once fighting with Iran ends. Speaking to a campaign crowd in New York, the American leader claimed Iranian forces face imminent military collapse. He told supporters that seizing the international channel would require stationing American troops in the Persian…

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Israel Strikes Lebanon Despite Fragile Nuclear Diplomacy

Israel Strikes Lebanon Despite Fragile Nuclear Diplomacy

Israeli forces launched fresh military strikes across southern Lebanon on Friday, violating a fragile regional truce on the 119th day of the Iran war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the Israeli military will not withdraw from newly occupied border zones. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians trying to return…

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UK Student Visa Rejections Hit Decade High

UK Student Visa Rejections Hit Decade High

The United Kingdom has tightened its borders to international students, driving visa rejections to their highest level in a decade, just as global application numbers collapse. Newly released Home Office data shows that the government granted only 35,625 sponsored study visas between January and March. This first-quarter total is the lowest since the pandemic disruption…

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Xenophobia: FG to Evacuate 83 Nigerians from South Africa

South Africa Refuses Nigerians Entry Over Social Media Posts

Pretoria has adopted a policy of digital border enforcement, refusing entry to three Nigerian nationals at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday. The group, which included media personality Yemi Firstson, was intercepted by immigration officials despite holding valid tourist visas for the Easter period. South African authorities clarified on Monday that the denials were…

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Trump Threatens to Claim Strait of Hormuz

Nigeria Remains Barred as Trump Partially Eases Asylum Freeze

Nigeria is among 39 nations excluded from a recent relaxation of asylum restrictions by the United States government. The Trump administration has lifted a temporary “adjudicative hold” for several countries, but maintained the freeze for those deemed high-risk. This crackdown followed the 2025 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., an attack allegedly…

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Iran Brands American Sanctions a Declaration of War

IRGC Closes Strait of Hormuz to “Enemy” Vessels

The global energy artery is narrowing. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announced on Friday that they had intercepted and turned back three container ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement published on their official Sepah News website, the Guards declared the strategic waterway closed to any vessel travelling to or from ports…

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