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  President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was only hours old, and already the plan had gone awry. Spurred by fresh intelligence that the country’s 86-year-old supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was meeting with his top officials on the morning of Feb. 28, the US and Israel had accelerated plans for an attack in hopes of wiping out the regime’s senior …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran openly threatened a neighboring country’s non-U.S. assets for the first time Saturday, warning people to immediately evacuate the busiest port in the Middle East and two others in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week. A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in …

A former Super Eagles midfielder Henry Nwosu has died, aged 62. The death of the Imo State-born midfielder was announced on Saturday morning by former teammate and 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami on his media platforms. “Henry Nwosu passes on!, “After five days in hospital battling for his life, the one I call ‘Youngest Millionaire’ passed on …

An influential Iranian cleric has called on Pope Leo XIV to condemn the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. “We expect you to condemn these heinous crimes against humanity and the disregard for the dignity of religious leaders in a loud and clear voice, and to brand them as incompatible with the teachings of Christianity,” Iranian state broadcaster IRIB …

BENIN CITY — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says Nigeria currently hosts about 3.7 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have lost their homes, livelihoods and, in some cases, family members due to conflicts and disasters. The IOM Nigeria Chief of Mission, Dimanche Sharon, disclosed this during a media engagement in Benin City, where she highlighted the organisation’s ongoing …

All six members of a US military refuelling aircraft’s crew have now been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The US initially said it had located four of the deceased crew. It said neither hostile nor friendly fire were involved in the loss of the KC-135 aircraft on Thursday. The tanker had …

Iran says no one can exclude it from the World Cup later this year, in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that their “life and safety” would be at risk in the US. The Iranian team also said in the social media post on Thursday that the United States should not be allowed to co-host the tournament if it could …

  Entire families, including children and the elderly, have reportedly begun a journey of displacement, walking under the harsh sun with little certainty about their destination. Residents of Mai Tukunya in Dansadau district, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have begun fleeing their homes after armed bandits issued a final ultimatum demanding ₦10 million, an AK-47 rifle, and three …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has flatly denied claims by President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, that he sought to recruit him into his 2023 presidential election campaign, describing the allegation as baseless and unworthy of a response. Obi made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by his media aide, …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: damaging the world economy. A sharp …