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  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (photo credit: VIA REUTERS) Saudi Arabia  expects imminent coordinated attacks from the north and south by Iraqi militias and Yemen's Houthis under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a senior Saudi official said on Thursday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said intelligence reports from Saudi Arabia, the  United States  and other regional countries indicated civilian and economic sites could be targeted, including energy infrastructure, ports and airports. Saudi Arabia had also observed drones and missiles being moved, suggesting coordinated operations from both directions, the official said. The official said the reported threats were particularly alarming as Riyadh continued to pursue de-escalation and a negotiated settlement, adding that contacts with all parties, including Iran, and mediation efforts appeared to be...

    US President Donald Trump points, as he delivers remarks on the economy, at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan, US July 27, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/CARLOS OSORIO) Trump defended US weapons supplies on Thursday as officials warned that depleted air defense stockpiles could complicate further military action against Iran. US President Donald Trump has privately expressed frustration that information about  shrinking US munitions stockpiles  has become public, arguing that the disclosures make the United States appear weak as he threatens  further military action to pressure Iran into reaching a deal , CNN reported, citing senior US officials. Trump raised the issue during a cabinet meeting at Camp David last week, according to sources cited by the report, with the president focused on media coverage describing low US munitions stocks. CNN also reported that Trump had known for months about possible  shortages of key US missil...

Nkalaha celebrate multiple festivals. Each of these festivals is very significant to either their existence or their oral tradition. The festivals are used to denote the month calendar the community used to justify their thirteen lunar months which mark one year. Among these festivals are Ikpu-Uzo, Ogbu Nfu, Ama-na-Nkwa, Ji-Oha, Akpulokpa, Agaji, Aju-Ede, Aba Ebe and lastly, Onwa-Esato. Ikpu-uzo  is celebrated as new yam festival. The festival is so called because of the dominant activities involved during the celebration. During the new yam festive period, the community organize themselves; each village organizes her inhabitants to clear the major road leading to the farm. This is done with the notion that yam, which is the chief crop, is not supposed to return home with the farm road filled with grasses. To see that this does not prevail, the road is usually cleared. In the native syntax, as Nnaji (2007) reveals, "Ikpu-uzo is the short form of Ikpucha uzo, which means cleaning t...

  The origin of masquerading in Nkalaha is traced to the mediaeval era. Nkalaha has respect for several gods. Apart from this, the community is dully fascinated by the practice of masquerading since her mediaeval period. Prominent among this was seen during the mediaeval era. But they were not called any name; still they did not survive the mediaeval era. They died as immediately as the instinct that institutionalised them ended. Therefore, the first masquerade ever produced in Nkalaha is called Nwangidi. The masquerade is vested with venoms and strength to run as far as any length. Popular among other Nkalaha masquerades include, Omebe, Ekpe etc. these are the major masquerade practiced in the community. Other ones not mentioned operate in consonance with either of these two. But, out of these two, the community attaches more seriousness to the former than to the latter. The origin of Ekpe is generally not resolved yet. Some religious scholars claimed that  the name Ekpe was ...

US President Donald Trump points, as he delivers remarks on the economy, at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan, US July 27, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/CARLOS OSORIO) The President said that the US would begin talks with Iran "in the form of a negotiation," on Monday afternoon. Go to the full article > >

A banner depicting Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is displayed on the side of a highway in Tehran on March 10, 2026. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) The report outlined several ways the recordings could reveal Khamenei's location and health condition, ranging from acoustic signatures to the supreme leader's breathing patterns. Iranian authorities are concerned that intelligence agencies could use audio files to track Iran’s Supreme Leader  Mojtaba Khamenei ’s location, according to an article published on Sunday by the Tehran Municipality-affiliated Iranian daily  Al-Mashhari. In a post on its Telegram channel,  Al-Mashhari  claimed the fears explained why no audio recordings of  Khamenei  have been released.

  ANTI-MISSILE BATTERIES fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, April 4, 2026. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90) Mohammad Marandi, a figure close to the Iranian regime and a former senior adviser to supreme leader Ali Khamenei, warned on Saturday that Gulf states and Israel could face devastating attacks if Iran’s civilian infrastructure is struck. “Based on statements by the Trump administration, it appears entirely possible that after months of barbaric threats, tonight will be the last night of normality in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and perhaps Oman as well,” Marandi wrote on X/Twitter.