US President Donald Trump on Saturday, October 10 criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the two leaders clashed over a new energy agreement between the United States and Russia, suggesting that Ukraine should replace its leadership. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump expressed frustration with Zelensky following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries that Washington had urged Kyiv to avoid. TrackExec Orders "You know what I suggest? I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason, he never does," Trump said. The public dispute follows Trump's Friday announcement of an agreement reached with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply global energy markets with Russian diesel fuel in an effort to reduce domestic fuel costs ahead of the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. According to U.S. officials, persistent Ukrainian strikes on Russian refinery ...
United States President Donald Trump on Saturday, September 26, rejected a truce proposal submitted by Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime shipping within seven days. The strategic shipping lane, vital to global energy supplies, remains central to the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran, which has reached a stalemate after nearly seven months. “I reject their proposal,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “They made a proposal, but I’ve rejected it. They want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they’re losing so badly. They want to make a deal, and I think that’s fine. I like making a deal too.” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, speaking during his return to Tehran following the United Nations General Assembly in New York, stated that the proposal was developed in coordination with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. According to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who ...
The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The department told lawmakers that war costs were $43.6 billion as of September 3 plus an additional $1.5 billion for extra fuel, the sources added. The estimate is not a full accounting of the war’s cost, however. It does not include an assessment of the cost to repair damaged bases or buildings and did not provide Congress with detailed breakdowns of indirect costs of military operations as lawmakers have asked for, one source said. The $45.1 billion cost estimate from the Pentagon surpasses the $38 billion price tag the Congressional Budget Office projected the war cost through August 1, and comes after the Pentagon estimated $37.5 billion as the bill for the war in July. The estimate from the budget office also did not include the co...
Rafi'atu, the girlfriend of final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Bashir Abdulalhi, has denied cheating on him, saying it was the deceased, who actually cheated on her. LIB reported that the Mathematics student, an indigene of Ungwa Uku Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, committed suicide by drinking poisonous subsance suspected to be Sniper because his girlfriend allegedly cheated on him with another man. The incident occurred at his Yalwawa residence, located on the outskirts of the state capital, around 5pm on Monday, February 15. His friends quickly rushed him to the Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital in the state capital, where he was confirmed dead by doctors on arrival. Spokesman for the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Zubairu Ismai, who confirmed the incident, said that the university had commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to it. Meanwhile, new ...