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For Nigerians and other nationals seeking to immigrate to the United States (US), what they post on social media concerning Israel will henceforth play a prominent part in determining if they get a green card or not. Negative posts mean such persons could now have their green card applications rejected. According to a report in the New York Times (NYT), for expressing anti-Israel sentiment on social media or participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, such persons will automatically have their applications torn up. The report cited internal documents on the directive distributed within the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to…

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has reportedly resigned from leading negotiations with the United States (US), according to an unsourced report on Channel 12, an Israeli free-to-air TV station. The report claimed that Ghalibaf stepped down from his role overseeing talks with Washington and mediation efforts led by Pakistan, citing growing interference from hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) generals, who seem presently in greater control of power in the embattled Arab Gulf nation. The dispute reportedly came to a head over a Qatari proposal aimed at easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, which would have allowed 20…

*British Woman's Romance Turns Sour *Rejected Family Entreaties Not To Keep Sending Money To 'Yahoo Boys' A British woman who was scammed out of up to £1m (about N1.8bn) in a string of so-called romance frauds died in a road crash after travelling to Ghana to try to recoup some of her lost fortune, an inquest in Devon, UK has heard. Janet Fordham was cheated of her life savings and her home over a period of five years by fraudsters apparently based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, the inquest in Exeter was told. The retired housekeeper, 69,…

*He Was A Top ICT Employee *Israel Allegedly Paid Him In Foreign Currency For Services Rendered Mahdi Farid, who had been accused of providing sensitive national information to the Israeli secret service Mossad, was hanged yesterday after judicial proceedings were completed and the final verdict was confirmed by Iran’s Supreme Court. According to the pro-Iranian security Tasnim News Agency, which ran the report, Farid had served as the head of the civil defense committee management section of "a sensitive organization in Iran." In return for his services, Farid was said to have received various amounts of foreign currency through different…

*More than 3000 In Iran *2,290 in Lebanon *23 In Israel *Over 12 In Other Gulf Arab Countries *13 US Soldiers, 15 Israeli Troops Now in its eighth week, the Iran war has killed more than 5,000 people across several countries. At least 3,000 people have been killed in Iran, more than 2,290 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states, the Associated Press has reported. Fifteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon and 13 US service members throughout the region have also been killed. Iran Accuses US Of Violating Ceasefire By Firing At Ship, Vows…

*Trump Hopeful Of Fresh Negotiations, With Indications Of Renewed War Looming *'No More US Talks Till Washington Shows Flexibility' Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh today said his country will not hand over its enriched uranium to the US, rejecting claims made by President Donald Trump yesterday. Trump had stated in an interview with Reuters that Washington will work with Tehran to recover Iran's enriched uranium to bring back to the US even as he hinted of possible new talks this weekend. His words: "We're going to get it together. We're going to go in with Iran, at a nice…

Barely hours after US President Donald Trump as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Abass Araghchi separately announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, the Iranian military high command has reversed the American and Persian Gulf nation's decision. The disclosure has sparked confusion over the actual situation of things in the vital waterway through which about a fifth of global oil shipping passes. Announcement of the Strait's reopening yesterday had instantly crashed global oil price by about 10%, with it plummeting to below $90 a barrel, with hopes high that energy supplies could resume after weeks of…

*'You're Digging Up Remaining Launchers, Missiles You'll Not Reconstitute, We're Locked, Loaded For Fresh War' *Sign Deal Against Nuclear Weapon Possession Or We Force You The Hard Way, He Warns *Labels Section Of American Press Hypocritical Pharisees Iran’s energy infrastructure is “not destroyed yet” and the US is “locked and loaded” to finish the job, Pete Hegseth, the War Secretary, said today. He urged Iran's leadership to peacefully append their signatures to a US-formulated deal banning the country from owning a nuclear weapon, or force Washington to force them to do so "the hard way." Furthermore, Hegseth turned to the…

*Career Blighted By Several Women Accusing Him Of Sexual Assaults Embattled former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself inside their million-dollar home outside Washington early Thursday (today), cops said. The 47-year-old Democrat repeatedly shot Cerina Fairfax in the basement of their Annandale residence just after midnight before turning the gun on himself in another part of the abode, according to Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis. The couple’s two teenage children were inside the home at the time of the murder-suicide, and their son called 911 to report the shootings. “It is high-profile in nature,…

*Slaps More Sanctions *Chokes Billionaire Oil Mogul, Shamkhani, Allegedly Involved In Smuggling The United States (US) has announced it is tightening sanctions against Iran’s oil industry as naval blockade of the Persian Gulf nation's ports persisted. The new punishment targets oil transport infrastructure by slapping sanctions on more than two dozen people, companies and ships that operate within the network of petroleum shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the Treasury Department said. “Treasury is moving aggressively with ’Economic Fury’ by targeting regime elites like the Shamkhani family that attempt to profit at the expense of the Iranian people,” US Treasury Secretary…