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The US has dropped its naval blockade of Iran after the two countries signed a deal to end the war in the Middle East. US Central Command confirmed the end of the blockade on X “in accordance with the President’s direction”, and said some US vessels would remain “in the general area”. Soon afterwards, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said …

The Federal Government has hinted at possible measures against South African companies operating in Nigeria, including telecommunications giant MTN, as outrage grows over the continued harassment and attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this on Thursday, while addressing concerns over the worsening anti-migrant attacks in South Africa and the evacuation of …

When the Iran war began on February 28, President Donald Trump proclaimed that the US military would “destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.” “It will be totally, again, obliterated,” Trump declared in a video. In the days that followed, his administration cast the obliteration of Iran’s missile program as a paramount goal for the war, …

The memorandum of understanding signed by President Donald Trump and President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran lays out the political, military and economic consequences of the ill-judged decision to attack Iran on 28 February. The human cost is already clear. Thousands have been killed, many of them civilians, in Iran and Lebanon. The US, and by extension Israel, have suffered a …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued its first comprehensive clinical guidelines for filovirus diseases as the Democratic Republic of the Congo battles an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus. WHO said this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the new guidelines covered all Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in a single document and provided 16 evidence-based recommendations to …

A Nigerian community leader in South Africa has urged the Federal Government to engage Pretoria ahead of a June 30 deadline announced by anti-immigration groups. Ekos Akpokabayen, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), made the call in a statement. Akpokabayen expressed concern that developments surrounding the deadline could heighten tensions and threaten the safety of …

United States Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Dominican Republic Minister of Energy and Mines Joel Santos today signed a Nuclear Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (NCMOU) to advance peaceful civil nuclear cooperation between the two nations. Under the Trump Administration, the United States and the Dominican Republic have continued to strengthen our partnership based on a shared commitment to …

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised democracies will discuss ways to support sustainable economic growth on Wednesday as they grapple with the strain the war in Iran is placing on the global economy. The issue is on the agenda for the final day of the summit in the French spa town of Évian. The G7 comprises Germany, France, …

When President Donald Trump announced the US deal with Iran on Sunday and declared the “opening” of the Strait of Hormuz, his Truth Social post ended with the words “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” BBC Verify analysis of MarineTraffic ship-tracking data, however, shows that just seven vessels appear to have passed through the critical …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A B-52 bomber crashed Monday and burst into flames, killing all eight people aboard, shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, military officials said, according to report by the Associated Press. Aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of the aircraft that went down around 11:20 a.m. during a routine …