Author: Prima News

French nationals Cecile ​Kohler and Jacques ‌Paris are “free and on their ​way to ​France, after three ⁠and a ​half years of ​detention in Iran,” President Emmanuel Macron ​said on ​Tuesday in a post ‌on ⁠social media platform X. Lawmakers greeted the announcement ​with ​a ⁠standing ovation at the ​National Assembly.

Britain has blocked U.S. rapper Kanye West from travelling to ‌the country to headline London’s Wireless Festival in July over his past antisemitic comments and celebration of Nazism. Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in Britain was withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day festival had been cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders. The government had been under pressure to deny entry to West, ​now known as Ye, after he was named headline act for the Wireless Festival on April 1. Several major companies have cancelled their ​sponsorship of the event. British Prime…

Iran on Tuesday attacked Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex, ​the heart of the kingdom’s downstream sector, its Revolutionary Guards said, the latest evidence of Tehran’s ‌ability to strike back in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks ahead of a U.S. deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz or face annihilation. Iran said the attack was in response to attacks against its Asaluyeh petrochemical plants, which are connected to ​its massive South Pars gas field and were reportedly hit by multiple explosions overnight. U.S. President Donald ​Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint by the end ⁠of Tuesday or face…

 A Nigerian Christian group on Monday disputed an assertion by the army that it had rescued 31 people who ​were abducted by armed men in northern Kaduna state, saying ‌that the victims remained in captivity. The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that troops had freed the civilians after gunmen stormed a church in Ariko village in Kaduna’s ​Kachia district, while five people were found dead at the ​scene. Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) chairman for the northern region, Reverend ⁠John Joseph Hayab, denied any rescue had taken place. “Yes, the military ​are doing their best to get them back home, but it…

Recent U.S. complaints about NATO allies and threats to quit the alliance are pushing ​European countries to seek alternative security arrangements, Spanish Foreign ‌Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Tuesday. After European countries declined to send their navies to open up the Strait of Hormuz to global ​shipping following the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran ​on February 28, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared he ⁠is considering withdrawing from the alliance, thrusting it into a ​crisis. Albares said the decision was entirely up to Trump, but underscored ​that NATO allies stood in solidarity with Washington after the September 11, 2001 attacks.…

Cameroon said Russian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 16 Cameroonians fighting against Ukraine, the first time ​the Central African country has spoken about the involvement ‌of its nationals in the ongoing war. In a statement broadcast on state media on Monday evening, the foreign ministry called on the families ​of the dead to make contact with ministry officials in ​the capital city of Yaounde. A Cameroonian diplomatic note, also dated ⁠Monday and seen by Reuters, referred to the deceased ​as “military contractors of Cameroonian nationality” operating in a special military operation ​zone, a term Russia uses to describe the…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance lavished praise on Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orban on ​Tuesday as he arrived in Budapest to boost the veteran nationalist leader’s campaign ahead of an election that many opinion polls suggest Orban will ‌lose. Orban, a eurosceptic nationalist in power since 2010, is facing the toughest re-election bidof his career, with independent polls indicating his Fidesz party will lose Sunday’s vote to centre-right challenger Peter Magyar’s Tisza party. Vance’s visit, just days before the vote, underscores how crucial President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement deems Orban’s re-election to be. Trump has already personally endorsed Orban, 62, as “a truly strong…

One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in an extended gun battle with police outside the tower building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to authorities and Reuters witnesses. Police officers pulled out guns and took cover as shots ​rang out for at least 10 minutes near a permanent security checkpoint amid the glass towers in the heart ​of Turkey’s main financial district. One person was seen covered in blood. Footage obtained by Reuters showed ⁠an apparent attacker, in a dark top and carrying a backpack, moving among parked white police and security buses and…