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The United States State Department has approved a potential $2.68bn military sale to reinforce Ukraine’s battered air defences, according to a formal congressional notice issued on Friday. The transaction marks an important operational shift in Western security assistance. Rather than dipping into shrinking American stockpile reserves, Washington is helping Kyiv buy custom hardware and modernisation…
A second commercial oil tanker caught fire after an unknown projectile struck it in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations confirmed that the crew extinguished the blaze and sustained no casualties. The attack followed another strike on Wednesday that damaged an outbound vessel in the same narrow waterway. Iran’s…
When classes resumed after the midday break on Friday afternoon at Banga National High School, students in the quiet southern province of South Cotabato, Mindanao, expected the usual routine of afternoon lessons. Instead, the corridors erupted into panic, chaos, and gunfire – shattering the sense of sanctuary traditionally afforded to secondary educational institutions in the…
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has raised its processing wait times for Nigerian citizens seeking study permits and visitor visas. The revision, published on 16 September 2026, pushes the standard study permit review period from nine weeks to ten weeks. Nigerians seeking ordinary visitor visas must now wait 87 days, while super visa applications require…
Donald Trump declared on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that the United States is rapidly approaching the end of its military confrontation with Iran. Speaking to reporters as he stepped off Air Force One, the American president asserted that Washington and Tehran are now engaged in direct negotiations to halt the hostilities. The claim represents a…
Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen on Wednesday after Houthi fighters launched drones and missiles deep into the kingdom. The exchange marks a sharp escalation in a conflict that now threatens the world’s most sensitive oil routes. Riyadh announced that its air defence units shot down a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday night before it…
The United States has publicly acknowledged deploying weapons in orbit, revealing a major shift in space warfare as Washington, Beijing and Moscow compete for strategic advantage beyond Earth. For decades, the United States, Russia and China have developed technologies capable of disrupting, disabling or potentially destroying satellites without publicly acknowledging that weapons were already positioned…
Donald Trump publicly ordered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to stop long-range drone attacks on Russian diesel infrastructure. The American president delivered the instruction while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Irish Open tournament at his Doonbeg golf links. He insisted that Ukrainian strikes on refineries were causing a severe worldwide diesel…
Demonstrators took to the streets across several Syrian cities on Sunday following sudden, steep price rises for petrol and diesel. The price adjustments took effect at midnight, sending public transport drivers into immediate wildcat strikes and cutting main arteries between urban hubs. In Idlib province, crowds burned tyres and vehicle debris to block a critical…
Maritime security trackers logged a fresh missile strike on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, 13 September 2026. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a projectile struck a vessel navigating the narrow waterway at dawn. The strike lands twenty-four hours after Saudi Arabia shut down its 1,200-kilometre East-West pipeline following…