•Late Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, China Leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump China today called for a ceasefire and diplomatic talks to end the conflict in the Middle East, as it stretched into a third day. Israel and the United States have been conducting strikes on Iran and Lebanon, with the […]
•Stranded passengers at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Nigerians attempting to travel to or from Qatar, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have been stranded following the ongoing United States and Israel war against Iran. The situation has forced carriers, including Air France, Air India, Turkish Airli...
•Late Iran’s ex-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iranian state television has today confirmed the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, without referring to a massive US and Israeli attack on his residence. A presenter on state television announced Khamenei’s death at 5:00 am (0130 GMT), as the channel broadcast a...
•(L to R) US President Donald Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and (now late) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei The US and Israeli strikes on Iran follow the Islamic Republic’s violent repression of mass protests and stalled negotiations between Tehran and Washington over existential issues for Iran: its nuclear pr...
•PM Starmer and British warplanes Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday British warplanes were involved in “defensive operations” in Middle East skies but the UK had “played no role” in the US-Israeli attack on Iran. In his first public response to the strikes, which triggered missile launches from Tehran, Starmer said that Britain’s oper...
•Emirates Airline flights grounded Flights across the Middle East were being cancelled today as several countries slammed their airspace shut after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates all announced at least partial closures of their skies in the hours after smoke...
The United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes against targets in Iranian cities today triggering explosions and columns of smoke in the capital Tehran. The attacks came after US President Donald Trump expressed frustration at Iran’s stance in negotiations over its nuclear and missile programmes, reports AFP. Trump said Washington’s g...
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump yesterday claimed Iran is seeking to develop missiles that can strike the United States and accused Tehran of working to rebuild a nuclear program that was targeted by American strikes last year. The United States and Iran are engaged in high-stakes negotiations over Iran’s atomic programme and other iss...
•American troops South Korea has warned its citizens to leave Iran amid rising tensions and concerns over a possible US military strike, according to an embassy statement and local media reports today. In a safety notice on its website yesterday, the South Korean Embassy in Iran warned that the country’s security could deteriorate rapidly. It ...
•Trump US President Donald Trump said he was considering a limited strike on Iran after ordering a major naval buildup in the Middle East aimed at heaping pressure on Tehran to cut a deal to curb its nuclear programme. The latest threat came after Iran’s foreign minister said a draft proposal for an agreement with […]

