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The IDF killed several Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon on Saturday as they were transferring weapons within the Security Zone, the military announced. IDF kills Hezbollah terrorists transferring weapons in Lebanon Security Zone, July 11, 2026. (credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) According to the IDF, the weapons included anti-tank missiles intended for attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians. Secondary explosions were identified by the IDF, confirming the presence of the weapons. 

  Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 18, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER/FILE PHOTO) Oman has proposed managing traffic through the  Strait of Hormuz  through two separately controlled routes, CNN reported on Saturday, citing a source with knowledge about the talks.  The agreement, which is yet to be finalized, would keep both the northern and southern corridors of the strait open. Notably, Iran and Oman are reportedly discussing a potential statement on opening a “median lane” in the Strait of Hormuz for free and full movement, Axios reported.

Vehicles drive past billboards showing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and his late father, with the slogan “Thank you to loyal Iran” erected along the highway leading to Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, June 22, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR) Iran pledged to avenge the assassination of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a written statement attributed to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday.  “We pledge to avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars by holding their criminal and disgraced killers accountable,” the statement read, adding that such vengeance was “the demand of [the Iranian] nation.” The statement went on to threaten the “criminals,” saying they “will take their dream of dying peacefully in their beds with them to their graves.” 

The United States President Donald Trump (photo credit: REUTERS) US President Donald Trump demanded that Iran publicly acknowledge that it fired at ships in the  Strait of Hormuz ,  Axios  reported on Friday. According to the report, three US officials with knowledge of the matter told reporters at a press briefing that the message was conveyed directly to Iranian officials.  Notably, Iran and Oman are reportedly discussing a potential statement on opening a “median lane” in the Strait of Hormuz for free and full movement, Axios reported.

US President Donald Trump responded to alleged Iranian assassination threats, saying "1,000 missiles are locked and loaded" in a Truth Social post on Saturday. US President Donald Trump posts on Truth Social on July 11, 2026. (credit: SCREENSHOT/TRUTH SOCIAL) US President Donald Trump responded to alleged Iranian assassination threats, saying "1,000 missiles are locked and loaded" in a Truth Social post on Saturday "Orders have already been given, and the US Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one-year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran," warned Trump.

  A major legal argument emerging from Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's appeal is fueling intense debate over the powers and limits of Nigeria's appellate courts. Legal commentator Zekeri Idris was quoted as emphasizing a long-established judicial principle: "A judge who has delivered a final judgment cannot simply reopen a concluded case." The doctrine of functus officio generally provides that once a court has delivered its final judgment, its role in that particular case is concluded, except in limited circumstances recognized by law. The principle exists to protect the finality of judgments, legal certainty, and public confidence in the justice system. Supporters of Nnamdi Kanu argue that this principle lies at the heart of one of the issues raised in his appeal. They contend that after the Court of Appeal's decision of 13 October 2022, subsequent judicial actions deserve close legal examination and have questioned the legal basis on which later proceedings continue...

According to the Images shared by the office of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, what appeared to be the Gumusay .357 Magnum, a rare six-shooter produced by Turkish arms maker MKE in the 1990s was shared to the President's NATO member nation's at the end of the July meeting in Turkey. After NATO leaders gathered for Wednesday’s fractious summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip  Erdogan , handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage revolver, along with live ammunition indicating it was not just for show. Erdogan wanted to showcase Turkey’s defence industry, which has become a key export and foreign policy tool. It was set in a wooden display box featuring Turkey’s flag and the  NATO  logo as well as a placard inscribed “Gumusay, the first revolver-type handgun produced in our country” in Turkish and English. The surprise shown by Belgium’s prime minister on landing back home from Wednesday’s  NATO summit  in Turkey to find that he had...

Tennessee, was sentenced on 17 June 2026 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. According to the plea agreement, Anyamba pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an agent of the Republic of South Africa without notifying the US Attorney General, which is in violation of federal law. Anyamba also pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements on a US government security clearance application. In addition to her six-month prison sentence, the court ordered that she serve two years of supervised release and pay a fine of $9,500 (R155,000). According to the United States Attorney’s Office, the case stems from Anyamba’s work in 2023 and 2024 as a Program Management Operational Specialist in the National Security Program Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. ORNL is one of the United States Department of Energy’s most important scientific research facilities. Originally established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, it now conduc...

  The Iran War remains in a state of uncertainty after  President Donald Trump announced this week that the ceasefire was 'over.' So far, no new details have been provided about the status of negotiations. Trump spent Thursday at the White House after returning from a meeting of NATO leaders in Ankara early in the morning. He did not appear for any public events or post messages online. "We've already won militarily. They have very little left, and they want to make a deal so badly. They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem,"  Trump said Wednesday  on his return flight. The two sides were expected to resume talks to end the war following the funeral of Iran's late supreme leader, which concluded on Thursday. This comes as tensions escalated earlier this week when  Iran attacked three commercial...

IDF strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, killing Yahya Saeed Mohammed Hamdan, a commander of the Nukhba cell in Hamas' military wing. July 9, 2026. According to a statement released on Friday, the IDF carried out a strike in the southern Gaza Strip, killing Yahya Saeed Mohammed Hamdan, a commander of the Nukhba cell in Hamas' military wing, on Thursday.    Hamdan was involved in the infiltration of the Re'im military base during the massacre on October 7th.  In recent months, he had reportedly increased attacks against IDF troops and aimed to restore the operational capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization.   The IDF also stated that before the strike, measures were taken to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance.

French Air and Space Force Rafale jet pilot sits in a Rafale jet plane at the Air Base 115 in Orange, in southeastern France, on April 28, 2026. (photo credit: Sylvain THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images) Israel is willing to join the United States in striking Iran should US President  Donald Trump  request it, sources in Jerusalem told the  New York Post  on Thursday. “We’re willing to do it again, if needed,” one source said. “We’ve proved that we stand with the US. I’m not sure it will be of interest to the US that Israel will join on this - but, you know, we realize that we need to stretch our muscles.”

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey holds a press conference at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. (photo credit: Sedat Suna/Getty Images) DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Netanyahu’s campaign against selling F-35s to Ankara reflects a growing conviction in Jerusalem that Turkey is shaping up to be Israel’s principal long-term challenge. History, Prime Minister Benjamin  Netanyahu  said in a recent Channel 14 interview, “teaches that when one regional power declines, another rises. Our task is to make sure Israel continues rising faster than anyone else.” This explains why Netanyahu launched a public campaign in the US this week against President Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to sell the state-of-the-art  F-35  fighter to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey, the state now furiously jockeying to replace Iran as the region’s dominant power. Indeed, with the sun setting on Iran’s regional hegemony, despite diplomatic mi...

A poster of Benjamin Netanyahu with a message of revenge is carried by a demonstrator appears in front of a huge banner of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as people gather to bid farewell to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Revolution Square on July 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (photo credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, stated on Friday that any attacks on Iranian infrastructure will be met with retaliation, adding that "Israel will not be spared from the response," according to Iranian state media. His comments followed a statement from US President Donald Trump indicating that Washington is considering strikes on Iranian electrical manufacturing facilities, power plants, and desalination plants if tensions escalate.  Zolghadr also referred to Trump as "the world's most hated figure" and criticized remarks he claimed were directed at the Iranian people, according to an...

Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Tehran was ready for "all-out defense" if Washington betrayed last month's memorandum of understanding, and the war would never end with Iran's surrender. Ghalibaf, speaking during a meeting with Ahmad Muzani, speaker of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, said he had told the US vice president during negotiations that Tehran did not trust Washington and that, in his view, only those prepared for war could negotiate with the United States. The remarks were posted on Ghalibaf's Telegram account.

The IDF located a number of weapons facilities belonging to Hezbollah during recent operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon. July 10, 2026. The IDF located a number of weapons facilities belonging to Hezbollah during recent operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon, the military said on Friday. Numerous launchers, machine guns, explosive devices, missiles, additional weapons and combat equipment were found in the cache.

US forces have helped facilitate the transit of more than 800 commercial vessels and 380 million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz since early May, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X/Twitter on Thursday.  The post refuted claims made by Iranian state media that transit through the waterway is permitted only via routes designated by Iran. CLAIM: Iranian state media claims that transit through the Strait of Hormuz is only permitted through routes designated by Iran. ✅ TRUTH: Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. Since early May, U.S. forces have helped facilitate the successful transit of more than 800…  pic.twitter.com/cpnTDBoFEG — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)  July 9, 2026

Newly acquired Polish F-35 Lightning II stealth strike fighters, named 'Husarz' in reference to the Polish "winged hussar" cavalry units, fly in formation accompanied by F-16 jets during a flypast over Westerplatte, as part of the celebratory event dubbed "Welcome to Poland", in Gdansk, Poland, June (photo credit: Bartosz Fatek/REUTERS) Greece has publicly voiced its strongest concern yet over the possibility that the Trump administration could pave the way for Turkey’s return to the  F-35 fighter-jet  program. Advanced American weapons should never be used against fellow  NATO allies , Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Thursday. Greece “would not welcome” Turkey receiving either the F-35 or engines for next-generation Turkish Kaan stealth fighter jets, he said during The Economist’s 30th Annual Government Roundtable in Athens. Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Greece "would not welcome" Turkey receiving either F-35 fighter jets or ...

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the Jerusalem Summit, a conference on antisemitism and Christian support for Israel, at the Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2026. (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS) US Ambassador to Israel  Mike Huckabee  says he’s had no updates on the prospects of a return to the heavy US strikes on Iran seen in the early months of the war, but it won’t “work well” for  Tehran , the ambassador told  The Jerusalem Post  on Thursday. “Decisions [to return to a larger conflict] will be made by the president and by CENTCOM,” Huckabee said. “I usually find out about the time they do it.” He asserted that he had no information about the status of those decisions, and that to make an assessment on the matter would be “pure speculation.” “I wouldn’t be overconfident if I were the Iranians that they will be able to make this work well for them,” Huckabee said

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026 (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90) Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu  has dismantled Israel’s relationship with the United States and has become a “burden” to US President Donald Trump, Yisrael Beytenu leader  MK Avigdor Liberman  told  The Jerusalem Post  in a recent interview, as he laid out his vision for leading the country after the upcoming elections. “Trump wants to distance himself from him (Netanyahu). The relationship has become a burden, and it is already hurting him in the upcoming US midterm elections,” Liberman said.

U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025. (photo credit: JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS) Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu  spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump on Thursday night, the Prime Minister's Office said in a late Thursday night statement, as part of the ongoing coordination between the two countries. Trump updated Netanyahu on current American moves in the Gulf and the United States's attacks against Iranian assets, the statement said, while Netanyahu warned Trump against approving the F-35 deal with Turkey.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on the day of a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo) Israel shared new intelligence with the US about a new  Iranian  plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the  Wall Street Journal  reported on Thursday night, citing people familiar with the matter. The report follows the newest bout of attacks between the US and Iran over the  Strait of Hormuz. According to the  Wall Street Journal,  Israel's embassy in Washington declined to comment on the matter and Iran’s Mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to the outlet's request for comment.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Alex Brandon/AP ANKARA, Turkey — U.S. President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit Wednesday in Turkey that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems to counter missile attacks from Russia in their more than four-year war, a huge coup for Kyiv which has long requested the technology. Allowing foreign manufacture of Patriots, which the U.S. had resisted, was a turnaround for Trump that mirrored his day at the NATO meeting: Upon arriving, he lashed out at European partners for resisting his efforts to take control of Greenland and for not supporting his war in Iran. But by day's end, he described a gathering of unity and "tremendous love," and praised member nations on their progress in increasing their defense spending. NATO's European members plus Canada have scrambled to meet ...

Meet The three wise students from the East, Biafra land who won gold at International STEM Olympiad in Rome, Italy.  The three students, Egejurum Onyedikachi, Onwubiko Chimdiebube and Don Anele Munachimso qualified as the best contestants at the Southeast Mathematics Olympiad The International STEM Olympiad, held at the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, attracted participants from more than 150 countries competing in Mathematics and Science events. The sun is rising from the East.

US President Donald Trump holds up the memorandum of understanding, signed by the US, and Iran, at the Palace of Versailles, in France. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/TRUTH SOCIAL) The Israeli assessment is that senior American administration officials also do not intend to return to full fighting. Go to the full article > >

Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER/FILE PHOTO) "America still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free," Iran's speaker of parliament, Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X. Go to the full article > >

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters mid-flight in the press cabin of the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after changing planes to return to Washington from RAF Mildenhall, Britain, July 8, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) "I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal," Trump told reporters on Air Force One after the NATO summit in Turkey. "I don't know that they're going to honor the deal; that's the problem." Go to the full article > >

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters mid-flight in the press cabin of the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after changing planes to return to Washington from RAF Mildenhall, Britain, July 8, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST) It may please President Trump to understand now that he made a costlier mistake by not taking down Iran the very night he announced that "a whole civilization is about to go down tonight. My people say that he who fights and runs away should be prepared for a renewed war in the future. It would have been better that Iran had gone down for Trump to keep his promise. But when he began to listen to side talks, he had allowed Iran to renew their wings like an old eagle. Yes, it may be argue that other world leaders did not see what he saw then. Putin, Macron, UK PM, Italian PM and China were all against him. Now it may be said that they have seen reasons for a renewed war because French chip had been attacked at the Hormuz. What a blind mistake...