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To some, it may look like a simple gesture.
But here in Gaza, it reaches the heart in ways words cannot describe. 🇵🇸❤️
Thank you, Lamine Yamal.
From Gaza, you are loved more than you know. pic.twitter.com/gE9tGWKL8Q

— Mohammed Akram| مُحَمَّدْ𓂆🇵🇸 (@Muhammad0deh) May 12, 2026

Just 14 seconds… yet they were enough to make me burst into tears.
One moment that will remain forever in history, remembered as one of the most deeply human moments witnessed by the world.

During Barcelona’s celebration parade after winning the Copa del Rey, the Palestinian… pic.twitter.com/HqofXdAvZP

— Haitham in Gaza 🇵🇸🍉 (@HaithamElmasri1) May 11, 2026

Russia is using the Caspian Sea to ship drone components to Iran in order to help the Islamic Republic rebuild its offensive capabilities, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing US officials.

The report stated that the Caspian Sea has now become a vital trade route between the two allies. Russia is now sending goods that would traditionally travel through the Strait of Hormuz to ports along the Caspian Sea.

Iranian officials have noted that the regime is seeking to open alternative trade routes due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The report stated that there are currently four ports in the Caspian working day and night to bring in supplies such as wheat, corn, animal feed, and sunflower oil.

One Russian businessman went so far as to say that he believes that cargo tonnage in the Caspian could double by the end of the year.

“Against the backdrop of instability in the Middle East, Caspian routes to Iran look much more attractive,” said Vitaly Chernov, head of analytics for a company that tracks Russia’s maritime industry.

Russia, Iran use Caspian to evade sanctions


The report noted that trade in the Caspian Sea is difficult to track from a distance. Ships that regularly traverse it turn off their tracking, and only the five nations that border it have access to the Caspian

Additionally, while Moscow and Tehran are public about trading goods like wheat, their defensive trade is a different story.

“If you’re thinking about the ideal place for sanction evasion and military transfers, it’s the Caspian,” said Prof. Nicole Grajewski of Sciences Po in Paris.

While Russia’s shipping of drone parts may not be instrumental in Tehran’s military capabilities, it helps rebuild the regime’s offensive capabilities. The report noted that 60% of its drone arsenal was used during the war between Israel, Iran, and the US. If the shipments continue, Tehran can rebuild its arsenal more quickly, informed sources told the NYT.

The trade has flowed both ways in years past. The NYT noted that during the onset of the war in Ukraine, Iran shipped Russia Shahed drones to use on the battlefield, even though the Kremlin had already developed an improved version of the drone.

“For American policymakers, the Caspian is a geopolitical black hole; it’s almost like it doesn’t exist,” senior Hudson Institute fellow Luke Coffey told the NYT. He added that the nations that border the Caspian are fragmented for US military planners: Central Command controls Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, while European Command controls Azerbaijan and Russia.

The Caspian Sea’s potential importance came into focus in 2022, when the Russian military used ships there to fire into Ukraine.

Iran also used the Caspian Sea at the outset of the Ukraine war to resupply Russian troops with ammunition.

“Russia and Iran have found ways around the sanctions regime,” Anna Borshchevskaya, an expert on Russia’s Middle East policy at the Washington Institute, told the NYT.


“That’s exactly why the Israelis bombed the port. Because they understood that through this small, very important trade route, Russia can provide a lot of help to Iran.”

AlphaTaikun:
These international stolen vehicles syndicates NEVER relent. Stiffer punishments MUST be applied to deter them from stealing vehicles in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and shipping them to West Africa. Period.

MrSly:
Little wonder this made it to front page, aimed at maligning the US president and at the same selling their properties and gold to relocate to the US.

Xenophobia: President Ramaphosa condemns South African ‘opportunists’, ‘criminals’ attacking other Africans

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa described South Africans who violently attack other Africans in the country as ‘opportunists’. He also described such actions as “criminal acts.”

“These are the acts of opportunists who are exploiting the legitimate grievances, particularly those of the poor, under the false guise of ‘community activism’,” the South African leader wrote in a Monday statement posted on his website.

PREMIUM TIMES has reported on the violent protests targeting other Black Africans in parts of South Africa. At least two Nigerians and two Ghanaians have been reported killed in such xenophobic attacks. Properties belonging to many African migrants have also been destroyed in such protests.

On Monday, this newspaper published an editorial calling on Mr Ramaphosa to act to stem the violence.

In his statement, Mr Ramaphosa said his government would clamp down on the perpetrators.

“Some of these people are assuming functions that only state officials are permitted to perform, including stopping people to check identification and conducting searches of private property. Such lawlessness will not be tolerated, regardless of who the perpetrators or victims are,” he wrote.

VanuatuWycombe:
And also mandate all mechanics to report all repair histories in a dedicated app designed by Ministry of Transport, in conjunction with relevant security agencies.

Chris Bambury’s family has been selling gas in Sonoma Valley, California, for more than 100 years, but never at prices like this.

The price at his two stations was $6.29 for a gallon of regular gas last week, which is actually cheap for his part of California — AAA put the average price in his county at $6.36.

Gas station owners are struggling with rising gas prices just as much as their customers. The overwhelming majority of gas stations are small businesses — not the big oil companies whose brands they sell — and the rise in the wholesale gas price they pay has cut deeply into their already thin profit margins.

Wholesale gas prices aren’t the only rising cost putting the squeeze on station owners. Credit card fees and delivery charges for fuel are both higher than earlier this year. Labor costs are still up from the last gas spike in 2022.

Bambury’s great-grandfather, August Bonneau, started selling gas back in 1922, before there were even paved roads in his part of California. Bambury started in the family business as a teenager doing entry-level jobs — such as pumping gas and cleaning bathrooms. Today, he has 37 employees between the two stores and a third location that doesn’t sell gas.

However, to remember a time when gas was a lot cheaper, Bambury only has to think back to before the war in Iran started in late February. He was selling gas for $4.79.

“We don’t want to move up (prices too fast) and drive customers away,” he said. “We always prefer prices to be lower. The market thrives better. Our customers are happier.”

But for the most part, customers haven’t blamed him or his staff for the prices.

“They hear all about the war and the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.

But as much as he wants to keep prices low, Bambury needs to make at least a profit on gas sales.

“We can’t survive losing on fuel (sales),” he said.


Across the country, another gas station owner told CNN he is considering shutting down his fuel sales.

Harry Singh has owned a gas station in Nutley, New Jersey, since 2009, but now he’s thinking of closing up and just keeping open the attached car repair garage.

“If (prices) stay like this another two or three months, I’m going to start losing money (on fuel sales),” he said.

While his station sells below the local market price, he said he is losing customers to a nearby Costco that sells gas for even cheaper. Even his regular customers aren’t buying as much as before the Iran war.

“They used to fill it up, now they say give me $20, $30,” he said.

The average gap between wholesale and retail prices is about 22 cents a gallon, according to Jeff Lenard, spokesperson for the National Association for Convenience Stores. Those stores sell about 80% of fuel nationwide.

That might sound healthy, but that 22 cents have to cover all the other costs, so a station owner is only likely to break-even, Lenard said. The average gross margin over the last five years was 38.3 cents a gallon.

noskcid:
You are mistaking my chief, I am an auto dealer and I have been in the game since 2016.

You are permitted to Google search a vin tag on Google search and it will bring all the info about that car if it was sold in the auction market and if it was bought from a dealership, that dealership will still give you clearance documents that will enable the authorities pass you in usa or Canada.

Did you know that the auction website always post on their website to pay so that that vin tag be removed from their site?

Why is that?

So that people coming to check if the car is accidented will not see the information from Nigeria most especially.


Oga whatever gets into Nigeria, wether stolen or not, if it is not alarmed like this ones, e don go.

Take iPhone and Samsung as a case study.

How many dem don catch?

noskcid:
And who told you they don’t do these things you mentioned?

Our people are good at bye-passing things

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted and handed over several stolen luxury vehicles smuggled into Nigeria from Canada, in a move aimed at strengthening international cooperation against transnational crime.

The vehicles were handed over at Tin Can Island Port to Canada’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nasser Salihou, by the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Frank Onyeka.

The recovery followed months of intelligence sharing and coordinated operations between the NCS and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), after investigations by Canadian authorities revealed that stolen exotic vehicles had been shipped to Nigeria through international cargo routes.

Documents dated May 5, 2026, showed that the intercepted vehicles include a 2019 Lexus RX350, 2019 Mercedes-Benz G550, 2023 Land Rover Range Rover, 2019 Lamborghini Huracán, 2021 Rolls-Royce Dawn Convertible, 2018 Lamborghini Aventador, and a 2026 Toyota Tundra, all confirmed to have been stolen and illegally exported before arriving in the country.


Speaking at the handover, Comptroller Onyeka disclosed that one of the vehicles, a Toyota Tacoma, was concealed inside a container carrying other vehicles and had not exited Customs control before intelligence from Canadian authorities prompted swift intervention.

He said upon receiving the alert and relevant shipping documents through official channels, officers immediately isolated the consignment, extracted the vehicle and placed it under enforcement custody pending diplomatic verification.

What looked like a routine cargo movement quickly became an international criminal investigation. Once intelligence reached us, we placed the consignment under enforcement watch and secured the vehicle pending confirmation from Canadian authorities,” Onyeka said.

He added that the Service delayed the release of the vehicles until Canadian officials arrived to complete identification and recovery procedures, stressing the need to maintain the integrity of the process.

We had people who wanted to step in on behalf of others, but this was too sensitive. We insisted the handover must be directly to the Canadian government,” he said.

Onyeka noted that the operation underscores the Service’s resolve to combat transnational vehicle theft syndicates exploiting global shipping routes.

He also said the recovery highlights growing cooperation between Nigeria and Canada in intelligence sharing, cargo profiling and maritime enforcement, particularly in tackling organised cross-border crimes involving stolen assets and illicit trade.

Kingkamal:
That means Jesus is not God, But the Father is

Kingkamal:
Christians are not supposed to be idol worshippers, the IDF wants to know whether the Jewish claims are right regarding Christians as IDOL worshippers when they react,

NairaMaster1:
And the Bible said thr kingdom of God is within you

Democrat Chedrick Greene’s win in Michigan state Senate election gives the party another over-performance