Headlines- While the US military claims to have disabled two tankers attempting to reach Iranian ports, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker in a "special operation" in the Gulf of Oman.
- Four people have died as a result of an Israeli air strike on the village of Toura in Lebanon.
- In order to prevent the ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports, the U.S. Central Command reported that it had redirected 57 commercial vessels and destroyed four more.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends recent operations and says the US expects an answer from Iran on a possible settlement on Friday.
- Iran launched three drones and two ballistic missiles against United Arab Emirates air defenses on Friday.
Category: News & Views
Western Powers Voice Skepticism, Concern Over...
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Gabon Government Regains Control After Attempted...
Bongo has been in Morocco since October. In a brief New Year’s speech recorded in Morocco, he acknowledged his health problems without giving details, and called the country “indivisible”
Gabon Military Mounts Apparent Coup
Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang said on the airwaves that President Ali Bongo’s recent radio address “reinforced doubts about the president’s ability to continue to carry out the responsibilities of his office”
US Gadget Love Forecast to Grow...
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Europe’s Populist Fever Reaches Spain
Vox is reaching out to the neglected, working-class suburbs and rural areas with high unemployment, with polls predicting the Eurosceptic, anti-feminist and staunchly patriotic party on track to enter the country’s parliament in elections due before 2020
‘Right To Be There’? Afghan Officials,...
Afghan journalist Parviz Kawa later suggested that Trump may have confused a “library” with the Afghan parliament, which was constructed by India and inaugurated by Modi in 2015
No Retreat, No Surrender, From Defensive...
Dr Samuel Sako said in 2019, the Interim Government will shift its strategy from being defensive to offensive and bleed the occupier. The campaign launched dubbed My Trip to Buea, according to Dr Sako, yielded fruits and money donated have served several ways in the struggle
With Slump in iPhone Sales, Are...
Some manufacturers have boosted prices to keep up profit, but Apple’s shortfall highlights the limits of that strategy. The company said demand for iPhones is waning and revenue for the last quarter of 2018 will fall well below projections, a decrease traced mainly to China
UN Security Council New Members
The President of the Security Council for the month of January, Ambassador José Singer Weisinger of the Dominican Republic, briefed correspondents on the programme of work
SA citizen charged on terror-related activities
According to DIRCO, these jihadists activities are also linked to the deaths of over 100 people in that area