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Militants Kill 31 Soldiers in Northeast Nigeria

FILE PHOTO: A Nigerian army convoy vehicle drives ahead with an anti-aircraft gun, on its way to Bama, Borno State, Nigeria August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Nigerian army convoy vehicle drives ahead with an anti-aircraft gun, on its way to Bama, Borno State, Nigeria August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
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Militants Kill 31 Soldiers in Northeast Nigeria

FILE PHOTO: A Nigerian army convoy vehicle drives ahead with an anti-aircraft gun, on its way to Bama, Borno State, Nigeria August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Nigerian army convoy vehicle drives ahead with an anti-aircraft gun, on its way to Bama, Borno State, Nigeria August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when ISIS-aligned militants ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources told AFP Monday.

Fighters from the ISIS West Africa Province (ISWAP), arriving in around 20 vehicles, attacked the convoy on Sunday in the town of Mainok outside the regional capital Maiduguri, killing troops and seizing weapons before storming a nearby base, the two sources said.

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Iran Says it Rejected Direct Negotiations with the US

28 March 2025, Iran, Teheran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) attends a rally marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), that takes place annually on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Photo: Iranian Presidency/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
28 March 2025, Iran, Teheran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) attends a rally marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), that takes place annually on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Photo: Iranian Presidency/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Iran Says it Rejected Direct Negotiations with the US

28 March 2025, Iran, Teheran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) attends a rally marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), that takes place annually on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Photo: Iranian Presidency/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
28 March 2025, Iran, Teheran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) attends a rally marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), that takes place annually on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Photo: Iranian Presidency/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Iran’s president said Sunday that Tehran had rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President Donald Trump over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

The remarks from President Masoud Pezeshkian represented the first official acknowledgment of how Iran responded to Trump’s letter. It also suggests that tensions may further rise between Tehran and Washington.

Pezeshkian said: “Although the possibility of direct negotiations between the two sides has been rejected in this response, it has been emphasized that the path for indirect negotiations remains open.”

It’s unclear, however, whether Trump would accept indirect negotiations. Indirect negotiations for years since Trump initially withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018 have been unsuccessful.