Iran says it has agreed on a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz with Oman, with its foreign ministry describing the deal as being in its final stages. Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei confirmed that the geographical coordinates of the proposed route had been agreed, but stopped short of releasing specific details. He added a firm…
One person is dead and twelve others wounded after Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon on Wednesday. This included a direct hit on the roof of a prayer hall at a cemetery in the town of Tibnin. The Lebanese health ministry confirmed the casualty as Israel’s military announced what it called “precise strikes” in response to…
Mexican social media influencer César Gastélum has been shot dead while livestreaming on TikTok in the northern city of Culiacán. The attack happened on Tuesday evening outside a fast-food restaurant in the Tres Ríos district, where Gastélum was filming with two friends. According to local reports, two men riding a motorcycle approached the group before…
The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to Washington in the latest escalation of diplomatic tensions between the two countries ahead of Brazil’s upcoming elections. According to the US State Department, Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti had her visa cancelled after Brazil refused visas to two senior US officials who planned to…
A 38-year-old man has been arrested near Donald Trump’s golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, just days before the US president’s scheduled visit for a Republican fundraising event. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department identified the suspect as Jeanine John Taele. Investigators said he was seen walking around Trump National Golf Course, taking photographs…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has released video footage showing a Russian drone pursuing a civilian in the southern Kherson region, describing the incident as a “human safari” attack. The footage shows a street vendor attempting to escape after noticing a drone hovering overhead. As the man runs around a white van, the drone continues to…
The Coalition of Ijaw Youth (CJY) has urged Nigerians to support the ongoing digital transformation of the Federal Civil Service. The group said recent developments surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) should not distract attention from what it described as one of the country’s most important public sector reform programmes. Coalition praises digital…
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Gaza City for a mass funeral after the remains of 112 Palestinians, most of them women and children, were recovered nearly three years after an Israeli air strike destroyed a residential block early in the Gaza war. The victims belonged to the Abu Sharia and Hassayna families and were killed…
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano has erupted, sending lava and ash high into the air and forcing the evacuation of at least two villages on its slopes. The volcano, one of the most active in the Western Hemisphere, began erupting on Monday and continued to produce dangerous volcanic activity into Tuesday. According to the government agency monitoring…
Ukraine launched fresh drone strikes on facilities linked to Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, overnight on Monday, as at least five people were killed at an industrial site near Moscow. Russian officials said another 10 people were injured in the attack, which occurred about 69 kilometres south of the Kremlin. While authorities did not officially…
