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*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…

There is renewed anxiety over the fate of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not surfaced since his selection by the country's authorities 8 March this year. Latest disclosure indicates that he is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the 28 February US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father, the legendary Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters. Mojtaba Khamenei’s wife, brother-in-law ⁠and sister-in-law were among other members of his family reportedly killed in the strike, which also snuffed lives out of over 40…

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has agreed to a two-week ceasefire over the war with Iran. "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” the President wrote on social media. “This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!” Trump said his decision is “subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz”. The announcement came just over an hour before his self-imposed deadline of 8 pm ET. Details soon …