Rubio to visit UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain for talks on Iran MoU and Strait of Hormuz
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to travel to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain from 23 to 25 June for talks focused on regional security, according to a statement from the US State Department. The visit comes as Washington and Tehran continue discussions linked to a memorandum of understanding that suspended hostilities between the two countries. It also comes amid continuing concern over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route for oil and gas from the Middle East.The State Department said Rubio will discuss the memorandum of understanding with Iran, efforts to... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 22 Jun 2026 19:03 LONDON
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Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 23 May 2026 08:00 LONDON
The Mirage of the Umbrella: The Shifting Sands of the U.S.-Israel-GCC Alliance
As I sat in a recent debate at the historic Carlton Club in London, listening to Faisal Abbas, the Editor-in-Chief of Arab News, I felt a tangible shift in the room, not because a new fact had been revealed, but because an old illusion had finally lost its last breath. The old-world order has not merely changed, it has evaporated, leaving the Gulf to realize it is no longer watching a distant fire from the safety of marble towers and air-conditioned ministries, but is instead standing directly inside the smoke. The GCC today is caught in a lethal crossfire between... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 29 Apr 2026 21:40 LONDON
