Iran’s military chief warns Gulf states that facilitating US operations against Tehran would be treated as participation in the conflict, while an Iranian lawmaker says Tehran would retaliate in kind in the event of a nuclear strike.

US president previously said he would declare a strategic waterway US territory after Iran is ‘defeated’.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington lifts sanctions and blockade measures, releases frozen assets and ends military operations.

Somalia on Wednesday marked 15 years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s historic visit to Mogadishu, a trip that transformed relations between the two countries.

Mobile gold miners in eastern DRC have complicated Ebola tracing and containment efforts.

Seven people, including six tourists and a pilot, were killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed at Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya.