With attacks shifting decisively toward critical oil and gas infrastructure across the Gulf, the Iran war has entered a dangerous new phase, one that is already reverberating through global energy markets and military calculations. To this end, oil prices surged sharply yesterday, with Brent crude briefly climbing above $119 per …
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The World Health Organisation has raised a fresh alarm over the humanitarian toll of the ongoing military offensive by the United States and Israel against Iran, revealing that over 1,800 people have been killed and 12,500 others injured in less than two weeks. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in …
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Mohammad Mokhber, a senior aide to the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says Iran has no intention of negotiating with the United States. Mokhber said this on Wednesday while speaking with State TV, stressing that Iran can continue the Middle East war for as long as needed. According to …
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Energy experts and downstream operators have warned that Nigeria may witness a fresh increase in petrol and diesel prices if global crude oil prices surge above $90 per barrel amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. The warning comes as hostilities in the Middle East triggered fresh volatility …
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Following the Middle East crisis sparked by US-Israeli strikes in Iran, natural gas prices spiked by nearly 50% on Monday after QatarEnergy, one of the world’s biggest exporters, halted production following “military attacks” on its facilities. The oil and gas prices surge, BBC reports, is just as Iran continues to launch …
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Armed men killed at least 38 people in the village of Dutse Dan Ajiya in Zamfara State, local police and authorities told AFP Saturday. Zamfara State, like many northern states, is plagued by insecurity from many sources, including armed gangs locally called “bandits” who loot villages and kidnap residents, and …
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President Donald Trump imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on imports into the United States after the Supreme Court struck down many of his sweeping and often arbitrary duties, delivering a stinging rebuke to his signature economic policy. Members of the media raise their hands to ask questions to US …
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THE latest announcement by the Trump administration over new restrictions on media outlets reporting on military-related developments has raised eyebrows among media institutions. The new restrictions issued by the Pentagon would require legal permission for media houses to publish material related to the US military and defence. Many in the …
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Smugglers have breached the Trump administration’s border wall along the US-Mexico frontier more than 3,000 times, government maintenance records obtained by the Washington Post reveal. Nearly 500 miles of barrier was constructed by the Trump administration beginning in 2019, mostly in rural New Mexico and Arizona. Former president Trump touted …
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia says his country has approved a COVID-19 vaccine that works quite effectively, adding that his daughter has been vaccinated. According to Reuters, Russia has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, after only two months of human …
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