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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…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 15.93 per cent in May 2026, the third straight monthly increase in the annual rate, as the organised private sector pinned the worsening trend on Middle East tensions, rising energy costs, insecurity and import bottlenecks. The Consumer Price Index report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on…
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to the highest category, reflecting deepening concern within the United States defence establishment that one of Washington’s closest allies is intensifying efforts to spy on senior American officials. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions…
Iranian diplomats have cast deep doubt over a proposed Washington peace deal. Tehran blames relentless Israeli military operations across Lebanon for freezing the delicate diplomatic track. The multi-front conflict has now entered its ninety-eighth day. United States mediators had initially reported significant progress toward a broad regional truce. However, the continuous bombardment of Beirut and…
Iranian authorities staged mass public weddings across Tehran on Monday night for hundreds of couples who had formally pledged their lives in the country’s ongoing conflict against the United States and Israel, state media reported. The ceremonies, broadcast live on Iranian state television as a deliberate wartime morale exercise, took place simultaneously in several…
The White House confirms that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have reached a fragile consensus to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open to global shipping. This agreement follows two days of intense negotiations in Beijing against the backdrop of an escalating conflict in Iran. Both leaders recognise that a total blockade of the…
Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as the shadow of a widening war in Iran threatens global stability. The meeting, their first face-to-face encounter of 2026, focuses on five critical friction points: the Middle East conflict, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, trade tariffs, and semiconductor exports. Xi opened the session…
A delicate diplomatic mission is underway in Washington as King Charles III arrived in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit shaped by geopolitical tensions, security concerns, and efforts to stabilise strained transatlantic relations. The British monarch, accompanied by Queen Camilla, landed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, marking his first official…
President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a planned mission to Pakistan on Saturday, grounding envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The pair had been scheduled to open fresh peace negotiations with Iranian representatives. Mr. Trump dismissed the effort as a waste of time, claiming the current Iranian proposals lack substance. He insists that Washington holds the…
US President Donald Trump has warned that the existing trade agreement with the United Kingdom “can always be changed,” castigating Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for failing to support American military efforts. In a blunt interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Trump suggested the current deal was a concession he did not have to make….
