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US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026. (photo credit: Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images) US President  Donald Trump  said that he does not want to extend the ceasefire with Iran during an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. "I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time,"  Trump  said when asked about the possibility of extending the ceasefire. Washington has expressed confidence that talks with Iran will go ahead in  Pakistan , and a senior Iranian official said Tehran was considering joining. Go to the full article > >

Pakistan has urged both the United States and Iran to extend their two-week ceasefire, Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. In a meeting with the US Chargé d’Affaires in Pakistan, Natalie A. Baker, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stressed the need for engagement between the US and Iran, and said Pakistan urged both sides to consider extending the ceasefire, a statement from the foreign ministry said.

Information reaching Ajuede News relates that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has turned down the visitation of more popular Yoruba political actors. MNK refused to welcome or see Former president Obasanjo, prof. Wole Soyinka and the APC willing tool, Sunday Igboho during their visit to Kanu at the Sokoto correctional centre. Story has it that Obasanjo, especially, stood for minutes in shock over the action of the Igbo leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Prison Warders also expressed their shock over Kanu's attitude. Reasons which Kanu did not express is simply that the three men were among the Million Yoruba that wishes the Igbo race to go into extinction. Obasanjo said in the past that Biafra has died; he also affirmed that he was the person who killed Biafra. This is history and Kanu does not forget history so quickly.   History has it that Obasanjo led the massacre of Igbo population at the end of the Biafran war.  Soyinka on the other hand remains...

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it had dismantled a terrorist cell linked to Iran and arrested its members over a plot to undermine stability, state news agency WAM reported. WAM said that the cell members carried out recruitment and mobilization operations, with the aim of gaining access to sensitive sites.

Kuwait has declared force majeure on shipments of crude oil and refined products after a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz prevented some vessels from entering the Persian Gulf, hindering its ability to meet certain customer commitments,  Bloomberg News  reported on Monday, citing a document. State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. notified customers on Friday that it was invoking a contract clause allowing it to withhold scheduled deliveries, the report said. It added that the decision is not expected to result in a complete halt in supply.

(R) US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (R) smiles as US President Donald Trump (L) meets with unseen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) / (Background) Argentina’s President Javier Milei (R) shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) after the latter’s address to the assembly during a session of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) at its headquarters in Jerusalem on June 11, 2025. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP via Getty Images) The heads of state of Argentina and Israel introduced the Isaac Accords in Jerusalem on Sunday, in order to strengthen diplomatic and commercial ties between the two nations. Framed as a Western Hemisphere sequel to the  Abraham Accords , championed by President Donald Trump, which established agreements between Israel and Arab nations, Argentinian President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benj...

Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) An Iranian-flagged cargo ship sustained significant damage and was taken into custody by the US Marines after it tried to get past the naval blockade, President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Sunday. According to Trump, the ship was named  TOUSKA , and was given fair warning before a US Navy ship attacked it. "The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room," he said. Trump also mentioned that the  TOUSKA  is under US Treasury sanctions because of their "prior history of illegal activity." Go to the full article > >