Nigerians trapped in Israel and Iran plead for urgent evacuation, accusing the FG of inaction as missiles strike and other nations rescue their citizens.

“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater losses, but regional countries will also suffer greatly.”

For years, Israel contained its conflicts with Tehran, Hamas and Hezbollah. The broad assault on Iran highlights a shift in strategy.

However, the crown jewel of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, a sprawling uranium enrichment facility built deep under a mountain in Fordow remains out of reach of Israel’s conventional weapons. It can only be destroyed with American “bunker-buster” bombs carried by B-2 Stealth fighters.

Israel’s military says it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks, while emphasizing it was preparing for the possibility that the wa