~ Increasing Indications That Iran's Supreme Leader Is 'Gone' ~ . . . ~ Smoke billows near the US Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama after Iran says it struck a US base in retaliation for a US–Israel attack. ~ . . . ~ Thomas Mackistosh Claims His Only Involvement Was Giving Company Papers to Tompolo and His Group for Business Purposes Four Years Ago ~ . . . ~ Israel and U.S. launch joint operation against Iran as Netanyahu vows to prevent a nuclear-armed Tehran and calls for Iranian uprising ~ . . . ~ Pope Leo XIV Embarks on Historic 10-Day African Pilgrimage ~ . . . ~ Former Niger Delta Agitator-Turned-Doctor Urges Tinubu to Restructure Pipeline Surveillance Contracts for “National Security” ~ . . . ~ President Tinubu Accepts Egbetokun's Resignation As Inspector-General of Police, Appoints Tunji In Acting Capacity ~ . . . ~ Ramaphosa Praises Putin After 17 South Africans Brought Home from Russia-Ukraine Front Line ~ . . . ~ Niger Delta Group Urges Tinubu to Decentralize Pipeline Protection ; As Call For Bayelsa, Rivers, Ondo To Manage Their Own Oil Pipeline Security Grow Loud ~ . . . ~ Mugabe’s Youngest Son Charged with Attempted Murder After Hyde Park Shooting ~ . . .