Israel has launched an airstrike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar’s capital, in what appears to be a dramatic escalation of the Gaza conflict.

According to Al Jazeera sources, top members of Hamas survived the attack, which reportedly occurred while the group’s negotiating team was discussing a U.S proposed ceasefire deal.

A senior Hamas official, Suhail al-Hindi, confirmed the survival of the leadership and denounced the attack as a “heinous crime.”

He called on the global community to respond with more than just condemnations.

The Qatari Interior Ministry confirmed the death of a Qatari security officer and injuries to others.

The ministry stated that the affected area located near embassies and a busy school zone has been secured, with bomb squads continuing inspections.

Nepal’s Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, has resigned following the country’s most intense civil unrest in decades.

The protests, largely led by young people angry over corruption and government censorship, turned violent after security forces clashed with demonstrators, resulting in at least 19 deaths on Monday.

On Tuesday, protestors stormed and set fire to Nepal’s parliament building in Kathmandu, with thick black smoke rising from the Singha Durbar complex.

Several government offices and homes of political leaders, including the prime minister’s residence and the headquarters of the ruling Nepali Congress Party, were also attacked and burned.

The demonstrations began after the government banned 26 social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook, in an effort to curb fake news and online fraud.

Although the ban was lifted late Monday, the protests had already escalated into a nationwide anti-corruption movement, with calls for accountability and leadership change.

In his resignation letter, Oli said he was stepping down “to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution.”

President Ramchandra Paudel has accepted his resignation and initiated talks to find a new leader.

Meanwhile, law and order have continued to deteriorate.

On Tuesday, three more people reportedly died, and about 900 inmates escaped from two western prisons amid the chaos.

The army chief has warned that the military is prepared to intervene if the unrest continues.

Protesters, many of them in their teens and twenties, have expressed frustration over corruption, nepotism, and a lack of opportunities in the country.

The movement was fueled by a viral “nepo kid” campaign on social media, which highlighted the lavish lifestyles of politicians’ children.

Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, was rocked by a series of drone attacks early Tuesday, as paramilitary forces targeted critical infrastructure and military sites in a renewed escalation of the country’s ongoing civil conflict.

According to eyewitnesses and military sources, the strikes occurred around 5:00 a.m. (0300 GMT) and were reportedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The attacks hit a power station in Omdurman, the Al-Jaili oil refinery, a weapons factory in Khartoum and a military air base at Wadi Seidna, among other targets.

Eyewitnesses told AFP that four drones struck the Al-Markhiyat substation, sparking a fire and causing temporary blackouts in parts of the capital.

Photos shared on social media showed smoke billowing from affected sites.

A source at Sudan’s national electricity company confirmed damage but described it as “minor”, although localized power outages were reported.

A military source claimed that the Wadi Seidna air base attack was intercepted by air defense systems.

However, another drone strike reportedly hit an army installation in Kafuri, injuring several soldiers.

The RSF’s Tasis administration, which controls parts of the country and claims to be a legitimate government, described the drone attacks as “precise and successful”, targeting military and logistical hubs in and around the capital.

The strikes ended several months of relative calm in Khartoum, which had seen a slow return to normalcy following the military’s recapture of the capital in March.

According to the United Nations, more than 600,000 people had returned to their homes amid government-led reconstruction efforts.

The conflict between the RSF and Sudan’s regular army began in April 2023 and has since plunged the nation into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

The war has led to the deaths of tens of thousands, and displaced over 10 million people internally, while four million have fled across borders.

Famine-level hunger threatens large swathes of the population, exacerbated by continued violence and a collapsing economy.

While Khartoum has experienced some stability in recent months, intense fighting continues in the south and west of the country, especially in Kordofan and Darfur.

In El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur and the last major army-held city in the region, RSF forces have maintained a siege since May 2024, resulting in what the UN recently described as “myriad crimes against humanity.”

Despite multiple international mediation attempts, no lasting ceasefire has been reached.

The army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, continues to fight RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, with both sides trading blame for atrocities and human suffering.

A total of 47,819 Nigerians became naturalised citizens of the United States between 2019 and 2023, according to data from the U.S Department of Homeland Security.

The figures were published in the updated U.S Naturalizations Annual Flow Report, compiled by the Office of Homeland Security Statistics and released in August 2025.

The data was sourced from Form N-400, which every would-be U.S citizen must submit, and from the electronic case files used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to track the progress of applicants from biometric capture to oath-taking.

2019–2020: 8,930 Nigerians were naturalised during this period, which was affected by COVID-19 shutdowns.

Between March 18 and June 4, 2020, oath ceremonies were suspended for 11 weeks.

2021: 10,921 Nigerians became U.S citizens as USCIS cleared the backlog created by the pandemic.

2022: 14,438 Nigerians were naturalised, the highest single-year figure ever recorded for Nigeria.

2023: The number dropped slightly to 13,530.

Together, these four years account for a total of 47,819 Nigerians, making up approximately 1.4% of all 3.3 million foreign-born individuals who naturalised in the U.S during the period.

Nigeria was one of the top 30 source countries for U.S naturalisations. Other African nations with significant numbers include the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya.

African-born nationals accounted for 11% of total U.S naturalisations in both 2022 and 2023, the highest share on record. From 2020 to 2023, naturalisations among Africans increased by 43%, the fastest growth of any continent.

Africans also had one of the shortest waiting times, with a median of six years in lawful permanent residency (green card status) before taking the oath, tied with Asia and faster than the global average.

Globally, Mexico had the highest number of naturalisations (437,697) during the period, followed by India (230,164), the Philippines (180,073), Cuba (159,393) and the Dominican Republic (116,523).

The USCIS clarified that naturalisation is based on eligibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act, which includes a thorough review of applicants’ backgrounds, legal residency status, English proficiency and knowledge of U.S civics.