•Former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler Canada recently foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister who has been a strong critic of Tehran, Cotler’s organisation said yesterday. The 84-year-old was justice minister and attorney general from 2003 to 2006, reports AFP. He retired from politics in 2015 but ...
•Ukrainian rescuers stand among burnt-out cars following a missile attack by Russia today The European Union Monday widened sanctions against Iran over its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine, including targeting vessels and ports used to transfer drones and missiles, as Britain also expanded its measures. In a move decried by Tehran, the 27-n...
•Israeli airstrike Israel announced the launch of “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran this morning in retaliation for Iranian missile attacks, as our correspondent in Tehran reported hearing several explosions, reports AFP. “In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel, right now the...
The federal government has commenced arrangements to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon due to escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. In an announcement, Special Assistant to the President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun in a post on X, formerly Twitter yesterday advised Nigerians in Lebanon to contact the Nigerian mission for...
•United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” today, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel, reports AFP. “Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” said Forei...
•Projectiles being intercepted by Israel above Jerusalem yesterday World leaders yesterday urged Iran and Israel to step back from the brink after Tehran fired a barrage of rockets at its arch rival. Tehran said the attack — which took place as Israel said it was mounting a ground offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon — […]...
•A projectile flying above the Jordanian capital Amman towards Israel yesterday Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel yesterday in response to the killings of Iran-backed militant leaders, sending Israelis to shelters and prompting alarm across the region. “A short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel...
•Prime Minister Benjamin Israel’s police arrested an Israeli citizen allegedly recruited by Iranian intelligence to plot the assassinations of top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a joint statement by the police and Shin Bet said today. “An Israeli citizen was recruited by Iranian intelligence to promote assassina...
•Donald Trump US security agencies have confirmed that Iran was responsible for a recent cyberattack targeting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. In a joint statement released yesterday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Age...
Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said today. Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially ...

