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*Nigeria, One Of World's Most Dangerous Places To Be A Christian -Slovak Legislator With only one vote against, a total of 501 lawmakers of the European Parliament have asked the Federal Government (FG) to take decisive action against insecurity in the country, especially in the Middle Belt region. Eighty-six lawmakers abstained from voting. The development came amid growing concerns over attacks on Christians in the region. The issue of killings of Christians in Nigeria has provoked local and international outrage with President Donald Trump ordering US troops, alongside the Nigerian military, to launch airstrikes on Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and allied…

In a message issued following the conclusion of the funeral and burial ceremonies for Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, today vowed that his country and its allies will shortly hunt down and kill those responsible for his father's death. Ali Khamenei was among those killed by United States (US) and Israeli missiles on 28 February this year in Tehran, the Iranian capital --the first day of the ongoing war on Iran. The younger Khamenei expressed heartfelt appreciation for the participation of tens of millions of people in Iran and Iraq in…

Hundreds of snakes, including cobras, have escaped from flooded breeding farms in southern China as severe storms continue to batter parts of the country. State media reported that a snake farm in Hengzhou, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was hit by flood waters after days of heavy rainfall caused by typhoon Maysak, prompting warnings for nearby residents. A dramatic video shared by state media showing local people using dip nets to catch snakes and a cobra poking its head above a torrent of muddy water went viral. Local media reported that the types of the escaped snakes included water snakes,…

*Burial Fixed For Thursday A mass funeral procession for Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, kicked off in Tehran, the Iranian capital, today. Millions have assembled in the capital for the six-day, five-city funeral for Khamenei, who was killed on 28 February this year during the first airstrike when the US and Israel started the current war in the region. He was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. The procession followed two days of public farewell ceremonies, during which there were calls for the assassination of US President Donald Trump. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian praised the crowds’ behaviour and expressed…

Iran’s secretive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief emerged for the first time in months as he mourned alongside the casket of the assassinated former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi – who has been sanctioned by the US and has alleged ties to terrorism abroad – was seen yesterday, Thursday, with his hands on Khamenei’s coffin as Tehran prepared to hold the days-long funeral for the late Supreme Leader, according to photos published online by Iranian state media. He had not been seen publicly since 8 February this year — three weeks before Khamenei and several IRGC…

Andy Burnham promised to ease the cost of living if he becomes Prime Minister, in his first interview since returning to Parliament. The Makerfield MP told LBC that if he became Prime Minister later this month, as expected, he would look at reducing business rates for some high street businesses, bringing down water and energy costs by de-privatising companies and making bus travel free for 16- to 18-year-olds. The measures are likely to be included as part of an immediate cost-of-living package which allies say could include more radical measures such as freezing private sector rents. Burnham told the station’s…

In a rebuke to US President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in the US with citizenship. In a 6-3 opinion, the justices ruled that the Trump administration violated a provision of the 14th Amendment, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court 128 years ago. But, apparently undeterred, Trump has said the decision was “too bad”, and seemed set in his quest to end birthright citizenship, turning his attention to Congress. Instead of trying to pass a constitutional amendment, Trump is pushing for lawmakers to create new legislation that establishes…

*Feeling A Bible Beneath Her 'Began My Journey Of Survival', She Says *Over 1,450 Killed *Tens Of Thousands More Missing *Most Brutal Natural Catastrophe In Venezuela's History -Ag President Rodriguez A mother who was pulled from the rubble of her wrecked home in Venezuela with her 18-day-old baby has told the BBC of how her son helped keep her alive. Dayana Patino said her son Juan David gave her "motivation to be awake and alert." "As long as he was alive, I was going to be alive. Every now and then I was touching his nose for proof that he…

*They Will Not Reopen Till I Say So, He Orders Uganda's military chief, who is also the President's son, said on Sunday he had ordered the closure of two ​leading media outlets, declaring that he did "not believe in ‌a free press." Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the Daily Monitor - Uganda's largest independent daily newspaper - and NTV Uganda, one of the country's largest private broadcasters, would "not re-open ​without my permission". "In Uganda, I do not believe in ​a free press! The press should be guided by cadres ⁠of the revolution," Kainerugaba wrote in a series of posts ​on X.…

*Tehran Slams Fresh American Strikes, Vows To Defend Self *Arab Nations Report 'Hostile' Drone, Missile Attacks US President Donald Trump has warned that his country may be pushed to a point where it will be "no longer able to be reasonable" over Iran and then be forced to annihilate the Persian Gulf nation. He claimed that the US has the upper hand after it launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after it struck the country in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. “There may come ‌a point when…