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*Supreme Leader Speaks *Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Says American Drone Shot Down Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said the US broke the ceasefire in the Hormozgan region close to the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports. The Ministry said Iran will respond and will not hesitate in defending itself. The US military carried out strikes on Monday in southern Iran against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, in what it described as defensive actions. The developments triggered a slight rise in global oil prices with the Brent crude moving up by three per cent. It remains to…

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States (US) to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the State Department, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday. USCIS announced the move in a policy memo, which directed officers to consider relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether extraordinary relief is warranted. The green card process had been unchanged for more than 60 years, marking the latest significant move by the Trump administration on immigration policy. “An alien who is in the US temporarily and…

*Given Lifeline After Health Secretary Streeting's Challenge Fails To Materialize Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his job on Tuesday after a challenge from Health Secretary Wes Streeting failed to materialise despite several of the latter's allies quitting the government. Downing Street insiders suggested that the Health Secretary did not yet have the required support from the 81 MPs he needed to formally launch a leadership bid after Starmer issued a “put up or shut up” ultimatum to his cabinet. Streeting was due to hold talks with Starmer on Wednesday, at which…

*Starmer Refuses To Go As Crucial Cabinet Meeting Nears Keir Starmer’s grip on power appeared to be slipping away on Monday as Cabinet Ministers urged him to set out a timetable for his departure and more than 70 Labour MPs publicly called for him to stand down. The Prime Minister warned the country would “never forgive” Labour for plunging into the chaos of a leadership election – and that he intended to prove his doubters inside and outside the party wrong. The Guardian UK, which broke the latest development, understands that two senior Cabinet Ministers – Yvette Cooper, the Foreign…

Trump’s military aggression against Iran has been nothing short of a catastrophe – yielding zero strategic gains while inflaming domestic inflation, alienating European allies, and elevating Iran to the ranks of "very, very strong countries," says an analyst. Judge Andrew Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge, a syndicated columnist and a political commentator, made these remarks in an interview with the Press TV website. He said the US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran has yielded no tangible benefits for the United States and President Donald Trump has failed to achieve his declared objectives of seizing or…

*Makes Five Requests Of People Iran's Parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said yesterday that the Arab Gulf nation has entered one of the biggest wars in its modern history, urging citizens to practice conservation as a “missile” against the enemy. He laid out five requests to different segments of society, including Iranians abroad. In his second audio message to the Iranian people, Ghalibaf said "the enemy" – in a new design – is seeking to pressure Tehran economically through a maritime blockade and create a media frenzy to break national cohesion and force surrender. These were contained in a story…

The former US Navy SEAL who fatally shot Osama bin Laden exactly 15 years ago yesterday (2 May), said he has only one regret: the al Qaeda leader he killed with three shots to the head was buried at sea. bin Laden planned and sponsored the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including on the New York World Trade Center twin towers, which claimed thousands of lives - a bold move that shook the world, which roundly condemned it. “I would have hung him from a bridge in New York City,” and let the locals deal with him," Robert O’Neill told The New…

The Iranian regime reportedly tortured a man to death for the crime of using the internet and abused and executed a 21-year-old karate champion for attending a protest. Father of two Hesam Alaeddin, 40, was beaten to death after being arrested for using Starlink to access the internet — which has been banned in the country since the US-Iran war started 28 February this year. Starlink uses private satellites orbiting the Earth to connect internet with transponders on the surface, which can allow people to access the web anywhere on the planet — and circumvent blackouts in countries such as…

The global oil price hit $126 a barrel yesterday, its highest level since 2022, after US President Donald Trump said Washington's blockade of Iranian ports could last for months as peace talks remained stalled. After surging more than 13% in 24 hours, the price of Brent crude futures reached its highest price since the war began on 28 February. Not since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has Brent topped $120, with the price then peaking at $139. Oil markets have been spooked this week as Trump appeared willing to maintain the US Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports, with Iran responding…

*Oil Prices May Fall Iran is offering to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program, two regional officials with knowledge of the proposal said today. The cheery news may signal a fall in oil and gas prices globally as almost a quarter of worldwide oil shipping passes through the Strait. In Nigeria, this could be welcome news as petrol prices per litre have hovered above N1200 a litre due to effects of the war and closure of the Strait, worsening a cost-of-living crisis that has ground majority of the citizenry in the dust of…