•Trump President Donald Trump yesterday sought to counter criticism that his war on Iran lacked a clear purpose, listing four explicit goals, including ensuring the country never obtained a nuclear weapon. He said the strikes were the “last, best chance” to hit Iran, an arch foe of the United States for decades, reports AFP. “Our […]...
•Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, yesterday, said resource war has taken the greatest toll on the environment and is responsible for most of the conflicts in Africa and the developing world. Kukah also identified ecological injustice as the major trigger of violence and communal tensi...
Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages and the United States joins the fight. The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday to yesterday after over a week of deadly missile exchanges between Israel and Iran, reports AFP. Here is […]
•Pakistan flag Pakistan’s airspace has been shut today, after the military said India had launched a series of attacks on airbases. “Pakistan’s airspace will remain closed for all kinds of flights until Sunday 12:00 PM,” the statement said .
•Lebanese people celebrate taking over of the capital Damascus by Syrian rebel fighters The leader of the Islamist-led rebels who seized power in Damascus criticised Israel yesterday for its incursion into southern Syria this week but said his country was too exhausted for fresh conflict. Israeli troops entered the UN-patrolled buffer zone th...
•Debris and destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a Lebanese city World leaders today sounded the alarm over fears of a wider war after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in two decades in Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds. After nearly a year of cross-border fire since the Gaza war erupted, […]
Stock markets fell and oil prices climbed today on growing fears of a wider war in the Middle East after Israel’s army chief vowed a response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on his country at the weekend. The selling came after Wall Street’s three main indexes tanked in response to forecast-beating US retail sales data that […]

