•An Iraqi Shiite cleric holds a portraits of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Israel yesterday declared that the killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei complied with international law governing armed conflict, describing him as the commander-in-chief of the Iranian military and a legitimate target. The Middle East war that...
•Israeli bombards a solar farm and electricity generation facility in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre Israel pounded Lebanon early today and said it intercepted missiles from Iran as a widening war launched by the United States and Israel also brought fresh turmoil to Iraq. An airstrike in the pre-dawn hours struck a Beirut suburb, [&...
•US, Iran and Israel war Escalating hostilities in the Middle East have sent shockwaves through Nigeria, grounding pilgrimages, disrupting travel plans, rattling the oil market and prompting anxious calls from Nigerians abroad. Besides, some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) – the Iran-inspired Shiite organisation founded in the...
•Smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, today Israeli and US strikes today hit the building of a body tasked with electing Iran’s new supreme leader, local media reported. Former leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during a wave of US-Israeli attacks on Saturday, reports AFP. “The American-Zionist criminals attacked th...
Depot owners across Nigeria have increased the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, by an average of N100 per kilogram, following the latest spike in global crude oil prices triggered by the US–Israel strikes on Iran. Checks by our correspondent showed fresh upward adjustments across major storage terminals in Lag...
•Debris at the bottom of a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 31 people today, authorities said, following rocket fire from Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader. Israel’s military vowed to intensify its attacks on the country and make Hezbollah p...
•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 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that there were “many signs” Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was dead, after Israel and the United States launched an attack of unprecedented scale against the country. The strikes prompted Tehran to fire off a missile barrag...
•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...

