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An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran April 1, 2026. (photo credit: U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS) No ships have made it past the  US naval blockade  of Iran's ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn back, the US military said on Tuesday, providing the first details on a day-old effort ordered by President Donald Trump after peace talks between the US and Iran broke down. The US military has said that the  blockade , which started on Monday, would apply only to ships going to or from  Iran , including all Iranian ports on the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. No ships made it past the US blockade, and six merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman," CENTCOM said. Go to the full article > >

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Donald Trump has lashed out on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after she criticized his comments on Pope Leo. During an interview with an Italian newspaper on Tuesday, Trump said he was “shocked” by Meloni and questioned whether people actually like her. Over the weekend, the president said Pope Leo is weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy after the pope denounced Trump’s comments about wiping out the Iranian civilization. Trump Truth Social Meloni called Trump’s remarks unacceptable, adding the pope is the head of the Catholic church and it is normal that he calls for peace and condemns every form of war.  “The international situation is something we should continue working on to get the peace negotiations going, and do everything possible to stabilize the situation and re...

IDF soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade, operating under the 98th Division, seen during operational activity in southern Lebanon, April 2026. (photo credit:  IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT ) The IDF announced on Tuesday that 10 soldiers were wounded during fighting in Lebanon overnight. Three of the soldiers were seriously wounded, one moderately, and another six lightly. All 10 soldiers were evacuated for medical attention. Earlier on Tuesday, the IDF had announced that  Sergeant Major (Res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco , a 30-year-old fire truck driver in the 188th Brigade from Katzrin, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon. He is survived by his wife, Yassa, his three young children, his mother, and his brother. The IDF reported 10 soldiers wounded, one seriously, and one soldier killed in southern Lebanon overnight. The IDF continues operations despite small guerilla warfare threats from Hezbollah Go to the full article > >

Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025. (photo credit:  CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90 ) Mossad Director David Barnea on Tuesday proclaimed at the  Holocaust ceremony  that his spy agency will not rest until it facilitates the fall of the Islamic regime of Iran in favor of a freer and less violent country. "Our mission is not yet complete. We did not think that our mission would be completed immediately with the fading of the battles, but rather we planned, and [really] we planned to continue, and this will be manifested even after the time of attacks on Tehran," said  Barnea . This was the first time that the Mossad chief publicly addressed his role and views about regime change in Iran. After regime change in Iran had not transpired in the early weeks of the war, and even more since a ceasefire kicked in without regime change, various ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris attends the National Action Network (NAN) annual convention on April 10, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Former Vice President Kamala Harris has revealed that she “might” run for president again in 2028. While speaking at a conference in New York alongside Reverend Al Sharpton on Friday, Harris hinted her bid for the presidency may not be over. “Listen, I might. I’m thinking about it,” Harris said in response to a question about running in the next presidential election. “Let me also say this. I served for four years being a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States. I spent countless hours in my West Wing office, footsteps away from the Oval Office. I spent countless hours in the Oval Office, in the Situation Room. I know what the job is. And I know what it requires,” Harris said. “I’ve been traveling in the country the last year, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the South and many other places. And the ...

IDF SOLDIERS discover weaponry in a civilian house in Lebanon. (Credit: IDF Spokesperon's Unit) The collapse of  US-Iran talks  after a full day of negotiations is reinforcing concerns that the current ceasefire may be less a diplomatic opening than a fragile pause shaped by competing strategic calculations. After nearly a full day of negotiations, talks between the United States and Iran ended without an agreement, underscoring the deep divide between the two sides and raising new questions about whether diplomacy can still play a meaningful role under the current  ceasefire  framework. The collapse of US-Iran talks is casting doubt on the ceasefire, suggesting it may be a fragile pause rather than a path to diplomacy Go to the full article > >

US President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia interact during the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, US, November 19, 2025. (photo credit:  REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN ) Saudi Arabia is pressing the United States to end its blockade of the  Strait of Hormuz  and return to negotiations with Iran, according to a  The Wall Street Journal  report published on Tuesday. The report said Riyadh fears the standoff could trigger a broader regional escalation, including threats to Red Sea shipping routes and Saudi oil exports. The concern comes as the US blockade, announced by President Donald Trump after talks with Iran failed, has intensified pressure on one of the world’s  most sensitive energy chokepoints . Saudi officials appear to be weighing not only the direct risks in the Gulf, but also the possibility that Iran could respond through allied forces elsewhere in the region. Saudi officials appear to be...

Photo via: Yobo State Govt. – per  A Nigerian Air Force strike targeting jihadi rebels struck a local market in northeastern Nigeria, killing over 100 civilians and injuring many others. Officials confirmed it was a misfire, but did not provide further details. Survivors reported that at least 100 people were killed in the airstrike on Saturday in a village in Yobe state. Yobe borders Borno state, the epicenter of the escalating jihadi uprising. The jihadi are an armed terrorist group who uphold radical Salafi-Islamist agendas and have destroyed the area for over a decade. “We have their pictures and they include children,” Isa Sanusi, a Nigeria director of Amnesty International, a global non-governmental organization that focuses on human rights, said, referring to the incident. “We are in touch with people that are there, we spoke with the hospital,” he said. “We spoke with the person in charge of casualties, and we spoke with the victims.”   An employee at the Geidam Genera...

Copied from the,  Accounts of Igbo Origins and History  from Beginning to Present by Onyeji Nnaji T.C. Shaw’s archaeological finds dominated historians’ writings about Igbo Ukwu in the manner that almost none gave attention to issues bothering on the history of Igbo Ukwu. The inhabitants also, overtaken by the conviviality that the finds brought, seized the opportunity to conceal their history. It was though a thing of surprise to historians and archaeologists, witnessing the finds that upturned the hierarchy already bestowed on the Ife and Benin over their Igbo neighbour. It did not only upturn the hierarchy, it forced history to resume a rewriting stage with Igbo at the top. It all begun with the stupefied discovery made by Isaiah Anozie within his compound. He was digging a well when he accidentally stumbled on some bronze ornaments. The ornaments looked strange to him, but little did he know that he was dwelling in a compound with bronze library underneath. Concentratin...

  Migrants deported from the United States get off an airliner at the runway of the Juan Santamaria International Airport in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on April 11, 2026. (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP via Getty Images) Costa Rica received the first group of migrants deported from the U.S. under the newly signed-third country agreement. On Saturday, a plane carrying around 25 migrants touched down in the Latin American country, their home countries including Albania, Cameroon, China, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya and Morocco, media outlets reported. The arrival is part of a deal between the U.S. and Costa Rica where the latter has agreed to accept up to 25 third-country deported migrants a week, meaning people whose nationality is neither American nor Costa Rican. “Upon entering the country, the migrants will receive primary care from the Professional Migration Police, with the cooperation of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),” said Costa Rica’s General Directorat...

’ (R) U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) / (Background) Singaporean oil tanker “Great Thita” is moored at the port of Los Angeles, on April 11, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images) Large numbers of empty oil tankers from many nations are heading to the U.S. to load up, President Donald Trump said. “Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest anywhere in the World, are heading, right now, to the United States to load up with the best and “sweetest” oil (and gas!) anywhere in the World!” Trump posted to Truth Social Saturday morning. “We have more oil than the next two largest oil economies combined,” he added. Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest anywhere in the World, are heading, right now, to the United States to load up with the best and “sweetest” oil (an...