Scores of pro-Iran Shia Muslims gathered at the Abuja National Mosque on Friday to mark Quds Day, chanting anti-Israel and anti-United States slogans despite a strong security presence. Approximately 200 worshippers assembled after afternoon prayers in Abuja, carrying images of Iran’s late supreme leader and expressing solidarity with Palestinians as…
Tensions across the Middle East intensified on Friday as military strikes, missile attacks and drone interceptions were reported across multiple countries amid the widening conflict between Israel, the United States and Iran-backed forces. Israeli strikes hit Beirut The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a strike in Beirut, targeting…
Reactions are mounting across Africa as tensions escalate in the Middle East following military strikes by the United States and Israel targeting Iran, and Tehran’s subsequent retaliatory actions across the region. Governments and regional organizations have called for restraint while citizens across several African countries express growing concern about the…
The Embassy of the United States in Nigeria has issued a security alert warning of a possible terrorist threat targeting U.S. government facilities and American-affiliated schools in Nigeria. In the advisory released on Tuesday, the embassy urged American citizens living in or visiting the country to remain vigilant and take…
Iran has denied seeking negotiations with the United States to end the expanding regional conflict, contradicting claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump that Tehran was interested in dialogue. Speaking from the Iranian Embassy in Cairo, Iran’s ambassador to Egypt Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour said a lack of trust in Washington…
Iran launched a new wave of missiles toward Israel early Thursday, forcing millions of civilians into bomb shelters as the expanding conflict between the two regional powers entered its sixth day. The missile strikes came amid a broader escalation involving the United States and other international actors, intensifying concerns that…
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he ordered U.S. forces to join Israel’s attack on Iran because he believed Tehran was preparing to strike first remarks that contradicted explanations offered a day earlier by his own administration on how the conflict began. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…