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A drone view shows vessels anchored at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, May 30, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Iran has fired multiple drones toward commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz since the signing of the  US-Iran  memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Sunday, a source told  The Jerusalem Post . The source added that all of the drones had been intercepted by the US military before they pose a threat to commercial or US military ships and personnel. Go to the full article > >

Following the debriefing of his legal team led by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu firmly announced his intention to personally handle his own defense. The trial court accepted this waiver of counsel, asked if he wanted an assigned lawyer, noted his rejection, and then proceeded. Now that the case lies on appeal, the deeper, central question the Court of Appeal must confront is this: Can a defendant facing charges that carry the death penalty legally waive his right to counsel under Nigerian law? The short answer is no. In allowing Nnamdi Kanu to represent himself in a trial involving capital offenses, the learned trial judge unarguably committed a fatal fundamental error in law. Under the Nigerian criminal justice system, the right to legal representation in capital offenses is not a luxury the defendant can decline; it is a rigid and mandatory constitutional safeguard that the court has an absolute duty to enforce, even against the explicit wishes of the defendant. At first...

According to a circular issued by Kuwait’s Interior Ministry, domestic workers may now only be recruited from select countries including South Africa, Benin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam and Nepal. Recruitment from Senegal is permitted but restricted to male workers only. The directive, which took effect shortly after being updated, also bars recruitment from a wide range of African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Malawi, Chad, Djibouti, Niger, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, as well as the Asian countries of Madagascar and Bhutan. The measure was adopted following recommendations from several government bodies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the Public Authority for Manpower, according to local r...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets with US Special Presidential Envoy Tom Barrack in Baghdad, Iraq, June 16, 2026. (photo credit: Handout via Reuters) US Envoy to Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack arrived in Iraq this week for a series of important meetings. On June 15, Tom Barrack, who is also the US Ambassador to Turkey, wrote that he was “happy and honored to be back in Baghdad, meeting with our great US Embassy team led by Chargé d’Affaires Joshua Harris. Today I will meet with Prime Minister Al-Zaidi to convey President Trump’s support for his government, and discuss our partnership on a new direction for a strong and mutually beneficial US-Iraq relationship.” On June 15, he met with Iraq’s new Prime Minister Al-Zaidi. Zaidi is preparing for a trip to Washington next month. He is also being encouraged to rein in Iranian-backed militias. He met with Barrack in this context. Also, Barrack has unified the US envoy files on Syria and Iraq, making Barrack one of America’s most import...

US President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026. (photo credit: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS) "If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone else, Syria should do the job," said  US President Donald Trump  in a bilateral meeting with the Emir of the State of Qatar on Tuesday. Trump says he considers the Lebanon war a minor one, and an arena in which Syria can take on Hezbollah in partnership with the United States if Israel under Netanyahu cannot be reigned in. "Israel's fighting Hezbollah for too long, and too many people are being killed. You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody because there's a lot of people in those apartment houses and they're not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you," the president said

Iran executed two individuals described as "armed leaders of early 2026 unrest" in the county of Shahrud, the Iranian judiciary's news outlet Mizan said on Tuesday, identifying the defendants as Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi. The two men were convicted of Moharebeh (waging war against God), corruption on earth, damaging public and private property, and crimes against national security.