•US commando American commandos deployed deep into Iranian territory to rescue a downed airman, US news outlets reported yesterday, hours after President Donald Trump announced that the crew member had been recovered “safe and sound”. Tehran said this week it had shot down an F-15 warplane, the first US fighter jet to go down inside […]...
•Debris consistent with US Air Force F-15 Iran launched a hunt for the US crew whose jet Iranian media said had been shot down by the Islamic republic’s air defence systems today, deploying troops and offering a bounty. US media reported US special forces had rescued one of the two crew members, and a local […]
• A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Oil prices spiked and stocks sank today after Donald Trump reiterated that US forces would hammer Iran for another two to three weeks but offered no solution to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz that has crippled […]
•US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Nentayahu Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said, today, his country had the “necessary will” to end the ongoing war with Israel and the United States, but was seeking guarantees that the conflict would not be repeated. “We possess the necessary will to end this conflict, provided that esse...
•Gianni Infantino FIFA president Gianni Infantino told our correspondent today that Iran “will be at the World Cup” and will play their group matches in the United States as scheduled, despite the Middle East war. “Iran will be at the World Cup,” Infantino said at half-time of Iran’s friendly against Costa Rica in Turkey. “That’s […]...
•Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei Iranian authorities executed two men today after convicting them of membership in a banned opposition group and attempting to overthrow the Islamic republic, the judiciary said. “After confirmation and final approval of the sentence by the Supreme Court, Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi-Sangdehi ...
•Nigerian forward Akor Jerome Adams and midfielder Wilfred Ndidi celebrate goal The Super Eagles are back to winning ways! They saw off Iran 1-2 in a friendly international played in Antalya, Turkiye, today. Goals from Simon Moses and Akor Adams were enough to give Nigeria the victory against their Middle East opponent, reports Channels TV. [&...
•A vessel around the Strait of Hormuz Iran allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz as a “present” to show it was serious about negotiations to end the war, US President Donald Trump said yesterday. Trump was referring to cryptic comments he made two days earlier about a “gift” from […]
•Trump US President Donald Trump insisted yesterday that Iran was taking part in peace talks, suggesting Tehran’s denials were because Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side. “They are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly. But they’re afraid to say it, because they figure they’ll be […]...
•US missiles The US Department of Defence yesterday announced three agreements with defence contractors to boost the production of missiles and other components to replenish dwindling supplies used in the Middle East war. The extensive use of interceptor missiles by the United States, Israel and Gulf states to counter Iranian retaliatory attac...

