By Mark Longyen, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) stands at a defining economic crossroads. With a combined market potential estimated at 3.4 trillion dollars, the region has long aspired to transform itself from a loose trading bloc into a fully integratedContinue Reading
The Iranian Red Crescent said on Monday that the death toll from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran since Saturday has risen to 555. The joint attacks targeted 131 residential areas across Iran, it added in a statement cited by the Fars News Agency. The statement confirmed that the attacksContinue Reading
Nine Israelis have been killed and 27 others injured in an Iranian missile strike that directly hit a building in Beit Shemesh in west Jerusalem on Sunday, local media reported. The daily Yedioth Ahronoth, citing Israel’s ambulance service MDA, said the injured include four people who sustained critical injuries inContinue Reading
By Xinhua/NAN Iran’s state media on Sunday confirmed that its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday, prompting Iranian missile strikes on Israel and U.S. targets across the region. What happened in the past 24 hours, Why did the United States andContinue Reading
Iranian state television said on Sunday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed following U.S.-Israeli bombardment. The broadcaster did not provide details about the circumstances of his death. State media also reported that 40 days of public mourning were declared in Iran. The Supreme National Security Council said Khamenei wasContinue Reading
Türkiye has called on the U.S., Israel and Iran to immediately cease the exchange of hostilities in their conflict, which began in the early hours of Saturday. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed deep concern over “any action contrary to international law and condemned provocations that could leadContinue Reading
Istanbul, Feb. 28, 2026(NAN/AA)At least 40 people, including students, were killed and 48 others injured after Israeli strikes targeted a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Quoting a provincial official, Iranian broadcaster IRIB said the school was hitContinue Reading
Istanbul, Feb. 28, 2026 (NAN/AA)Israel targeted senior Iranian political and military figures, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, in the latest strikes, Axios news agency reported on Saturday. A senior U.S. official confirmed to the news outlet that Israel conducted air strikes against Iranian senior commanders andContinue Reading
Explosions were heard in the Haifa area in northern Israel on Saturday following launches from Iran, Israeli news outlet Ynet reported. Earlier, air raid sirens sounded in several areas across Israel after missiles were identified as launched from Iran toward the country, the Israeli army said. Israel launched attack againstContinue Reading
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Kartz says Israel has launched a “preemptive” strike against Iran. Explosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday night, with thick smoke seen rising over parts of the city. Sirens also sounded across Israel, which declared a “special and immediate” state of emergency across the country. ThisContinue Reading
