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Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:46pm On May 12
HEZBOLLAH LIVES MATTER!

Hezbollah chief says giving up weapons not part of Israel talks

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says the Lebanese group’s weapons arsenal isn’t part of the negotiations with Israel and is an internal matter for Lebanon.

Hezbollah will cooperate with the government to achieve five points: Lebanese sovereignty through a cessation of Israeli aggression, withdrawal of the Israeli army from occupied territories, the release of prisoners, the return of people to southern Lebanon and reconstruction, he added.

“No one outside Lebanon has any say in the weapons, the resistance or the organisation of Lebanon’s internal affairs,” Qassem said.

“This is an internal Lebanese matter and not part of negotiations with the enemy. After Lebanon achieves the five points, it will organise its internal affairs with a national security strategy, leveraging its strengths, including the resistance.”
RomanceRe: Double Standards Or Different Realities? The Way People View Cheating by Jangbajantis: 4:40pm On May 12
DeepSight:
I firmly believe that what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
For me, women should be free to have as liberated a sexual life as men without being looked down on.
Stop believing in such rights. Cheating itself is a character flaw. Neither partner should ever betray the other. If you no longer feel happy with the relationship, pull out immediately.
HealthRe: Stretch Marks Removal Suggestions by Jangbajantis: 4:29pm On May 12
Those stretch marks have come to stay! Cosmetic surgery or lose some weight. Your choice.
PetsRe: Why Millipedes Keep Appearing In Your Chameleon Cage by Jangbajantis: 1:45pm On May 12
And you lot always criticizing the op haven't realized he's not a Nigerian. Not even a black person.
Foreign AffairsRe: Israeli Soldier Places A Cigarette In The Mouth Of Virgin Mary Statue In Lebanon by Jangbajantis: 3:16pm On May 07
The image of Mary does not represent Christianity. So the IDF (or maybe Muslim terrorist in disguise) is right by doing that. No big deal. I could destroy and burn any images used for worship. Christians are not idolaters.
That said, all these silly attempts at famzing Christians to have them turn against Israel won't work. Israel is the antidote for Islamic terrorism, and they have my support now and always.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 12:04pm On May 07
Israeli army claims killing 220 Hezbollah members since ‘ceasefire’

Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee has issued a statement saying the army killed 220 Hezbollah fighters since the mid-April “ceasefire” brokered by Washington between Israeli and Lebanese officials.

Over the past week, Israeli forces killed 85 Hezbollah members and hit more than 180 military facilities belonging to the group, according to the statement.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel has killed more than 2,700 people since March 2, including dozens since the supposed truce began.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 9:47am On May 07
Breaking!

Israeli army claims killing of Hezbollah’s Radwan Unit chief

The Israeli military has issued a statement saying it killed Ahmad Balut, commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Unit, in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday.

It also claimed to have killed Muhammad Ali Bazi, head of the intelligence department of the Nasser Unit, and Hussein Hassan Romani, Hezbollah’s aerial defence observation officer.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 9:44am On May 07
Hamas official confirms killing of leader’s son in Gaza City

Hamas official Basim Naim has confirmed the killing of Azzam al-Hayya, son of Khalil al-Hayya, in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City.

The victim is the fourth son of Hamas’ exiled Gaza chief ⁠to have been killed in Israeli attacks. Al-Hayya, who has seven children, has survived multiple Israeli attempts to kill him.

An Israeli attack in Qatar’s capital Doha last year targeting Hamas leadership killed one of his sons, ‌though Hayya survived. Two other sons were killed in past Israeli attempts on his life in Gaza strikes in 2008 and 2014.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 9:41am On May 07
Breaking!
Israeli strike kills son of Hamas leader in Gaza

An Israeli strike on Gaza City has killed Azzam Khalil al-Hayya, the son of Hamas political bureau leader Khalil al-Hayya, sources at al-Shifa Hospital tell Al Jazeera Arabic.

Hamas’ leader earlier confirmed his son had been injured in the strike.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:59pm On May 06
Israel sees ‘historic opportunity’ to change regional reality: Army chief

Israel’s army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has visited southern Lebanon and said that forces were continuing to carry out operations against Hezbollah.

In a statement posted on Telegram, Zamir claimed that since the operation began in early March, “more than 2,000” Hezbollah members had been killed and that they were continuing to dismantle the group.

“We have a historic opportunity to change the regional reality in the multi-front operation. Cooperation and coordination with the United States military are ongoing, and we are monitoring the situation,”
he said.

“In Iran, we have an additional series of targets ready to be struck. We are on high alert to return to a powerful and broad operation that will enable us to deepen our achievements and further weaken the Iranian regime.”
Foreign AffairsRe: We Didn’t Vote For This: Americans React As Fuel Prices Surge (Pics) by Jangbajantis:
From Obama to Trump, the hike in gas price didn't even get to 100%. For Nigerians, PMS price increase from last president to the present one is well above 1300%. So what are these terrorists yapping about?
Foreign AffairsRe: Putin Issued Warning On Extremely Damaging Consequences If Iran Is Attacked by Jangbajantis:
Looolzzz!
Paper tiger Pootin warning about “consequences” sounds serious until you remember he's been tied down in Ukraine's war for years now.

I remember Nairaland backyard analysts then boasting "Russia will capture Ukraine in just one week". Well, it's over 4 years now and Ukraine is still standing!

It’s easy to issue strong statements from the sidelines. Actually backing them up is a different story. Raabish!
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Releases Images Showing Its Military Fighting Jihadists In Mali by Jangbajantis: 12:45pm On Apr 30
He's friends with terrorists. He fights terrorists.
CrimeRe: 31-Year-Old Man Paid "Kidnappers" ₦900,000 To Kidnap His Aunt In Delta State by Jangbajantis: 11:31am On Apr 30
Content creator policeman.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 8:50pm On Apr 29
Trump: ‘Iran just has to say we give up’
Continuing his remarks in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump says Iran has come “a long way” in negotiations.

“The question is whether or not they’re going to go far enough,” he added. “There will never be a deal unless they agree there will be no nuclear weapons.”

Trump went on to call the US blockade of Iranian ports “genius” and “foolproof”.

Iran “has to cry uncle, that’s all they have to do. Just say, ‘We give up’,” Trump added.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:44pm On Apr 29
Israeli military shot dead Palestinian who stabbed troops in the West Bank

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shot dead a Palestinian man who stabbed troops and arrested another, in the West Bank town of Silwad overnight, according to The Times Of Israel. “The troops responded with fire,”the military said, adding that the suspect who stabbed the soldiers was killed and the second was “neutralised and arrested by the forces.”
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:43pm On Apr 29
Trump instructs aides to prepare for extended blockade of Iran, says report

Iran US War News Live Updates: US President Donald Trump has instructed his aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran, according to the Wall Street Journal report.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:42pm On Apr 29
Iran urges UN to ensure Israel fully complies with Lebanon ceasefire

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has urged the UN Security Council to take decisive steps to ensure Israel fully respects the ceasefire in Lebanon.

He called on the council to press Israel to immediately stop all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and withdraw its occupying forces from Lebanese territory.

Iravani also criticised US and Israeli strikes on Iran, while condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:41pm On Apr 29
Germany Chancellor Merz says relations with Trump are good despite spat over Iran

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday said his relationship with US President Donald Trump remained good despite a row between the two men over the Iran war.

“From my perspective, my personal relationship with the U.S. President remains good. I simply had doubts from the start about what was begun with the war ​in ​Iran. That is why I have ⁠made that clear,” Merz told reporter.

The German Chancellor further added, “In Germany and Europe we are suffering from the consequences, such as the ‌closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This has a direct impact on our energy supply and a huge impact on our economic performance.”
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 4:29pm On Apr 29
Hegseth says US must ‘get Iran to the point of giving up’ nuclear ambitions

Pressed on how the White House aims to push Iran to agree to a new nuclear deal, Hegseth says the US must “get them to the point where they’re at the table giving it up”.

He claimed that while the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities last year left them “obliterated”, Iran still has “nuclear ambitions”, along with a “conventional shield of thousands of missiles”.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:53pm On Apr 29
Hegseth says biggest adversaries currently are ‘defeatist Democrats’

Hegseth says he “very much welcomes” discussing the topic of Iran, which he anticipates coming up in today’s session.

He repeated Trump’s claim that the US will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and said the US has negotiators working towards a deal.

“The biggest adversaries we face at this point are the reckless, feckless and defeatist words of congressional Democrats and some Democrats,” said Hegseth.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:53pm On Apr 29
Hegseth says US putting defence industrial base ‘back on wartime footing’

Defending the White House’s request for the defence budget increase, Hegseth says Trump aims to put the US’s defence industrial base “back on a wartime footing”.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:52pm On Apr 29
Hegseth says Trump’s $1.5 trillion defence budget request ‘reflects urgency of the moment’

The US Defense Secretary says he “appreciates the opportunity” to testify in favour of Trump’s landmark $1.5trn defence budget request for fiscal year 2027.

“The president’s budget request reflects the urgency of the moment,” said Hegseth.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:51pm On Apr 29

Hegseth facing questions at Congress

The US Defense Secretary Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since Trump launched the war on Iran.

Stay with us as we bring you all the major talking points from the hearing.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:02pm On Apr 29
Israeli forces issue demolition orders in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli forces have issued demolition orders for Palestinian homes in the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.

The Jerusalem governorate said demolition orders were placed on several homes in the Ras al-Amoud neighbourhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The latest demolitions and demolition orders come amid an escalation of Israeli attacks and arrests across the occupied West Bank.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:01pm On Apr 29
Iranian rial drops to record low against dollar

The Iranian rial has dropped to a new record low against the US dollar.

According to currency-tracking websites Bonbast and AlanChand, the rial was trading at about 1.80 million rials against the dollar on the black market. When the war began at the end of February, one dollar was traded at about 1.70 million rials.

While Iran officially has several fixed exchange rates, Bonbast and AlanChand are generally used as benchmarks for unofficial rates.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 8:21am On Apr 29
Israeli military says it has killed 3 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military has published an update on its attack on southern Lebanon from Tuesday, saying its forces killed three Hezbollah fighters and bombed the group’s infrastructure across the region.

It confirmed strikes on several areas beyond the area it intends to control in southern Lebanon, north of the “Yellow Line”.

It said in one case an Israeli soldier was “lightly wounded and evacuated”.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran Offers To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz, End War If US Lifts Blockade by Jangbajantis: 6:44pm On Apr 28
DeepSight:
Why can Israel have nukes and Iran cant? What is the logic behind such double standards?

Before you answer, since I know you will say that Iran threatens Israel, I ask you to build into your answer the fact that Israel (and the US) have been a threat to Iran as well for decades. They actually removed a democratic Iranian Govt in the 50s because that govt wanted control of its own oil.

Furthermore, before you answer also build into your answer the fact that Pakistan has nukes - and has been a hotbed of residence and encampment of terrorists. I neednt remind you of where Bin Laden was captured obviously under state protection.

Yet furthermore, before you answer, I would ask that you build into your answer the following facts -

1. The fact that only the USA has ever used an atomic weapon in history

2. The fact that Iran was part of the NNPT and Israel is NOT.
It’s not about who “deserves” nukes please. It’s more about trust, behaviour, transparency, and regional risk.

Pakistan having nukes doesn’t mean Iran should get them too. One bad example doesn’t justify another. And that goes with Israel. You may call it double standards, but countries judge threats based on actions now. Iran' constant hostile rhetoric and threats are things you can't ignore.
You shouldn't be arguing fairness. Countries usually act based on security risk.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran Offers To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz, End War If US Lifts Blockade by Jangbajantis: 5:42pm On Apr 28
DeepSight:
But they didnt start it.
Iran didn’t need to start anything. Creating a credible nuclear threat is enough to trigger preemptive action. And we all know Israel has always been their target. They want the entire nation of Israel nuked. Over the years, Israel hadn't experienced peace with Hamas, Hezbollah and then Houthi...all Iran terror proxies.

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-Iranian-regime-threaten-Israel-What-has-Israel-done-to-Iran-or-the-Iranian-people
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran Offers To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz, End War If US Lifts Blockade by Jangbajantis: 5:09pm On Apr 28
DeepSight:
I dont pretend that. Remember I said that blocking the strait was a good tactical move. If only they thought of that before starting the war, that would have saved alot of lives, resources and grief around the world.

Now answer the challenge.
I've done that already. I criticised America for escalation and the human cost of war (and I mean innocent civilians only).No country is above criticism. Humans make them up and humans are not perfect.

My point is simply that criticism should be balanced. If you can see US errors, you should also be able to see Iran's threats too and the role they played in creating the same crisis.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran Offers To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz, End War If US Lifts Blockade by Jangbajantis: 4:56pm On Apr 28
DeepSight:
Jangbajantis: did you run away from this challenge?
Lol! That is very easy. But pretending every move they make is wrong while excusing Iran is the harder bias to ignore. Don't you think?
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by Jangbajantis: 3:41pm On Apr 28
Hezbollah claims to have struck Israeli tank in southern Lebanon

The Lebanese group claims that it hit “a Merkava tank in the town of Qantara in southern Lebanon with a drone”.

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