Ethiopia fighting spreads across Tigray, Amhara and Afar amid regional accusations
Fighting in northern Ethiopia has widened across Tigray, Amhara and Afar, with government-aligned forces saying they captured the strategic town of Alamata on 28 September. Tigrayan forces have also pushed into Afar, according to the supplied report, while clashes continue on several fronts rather than a single battlefield. The latest developments point to a conflict that is no longer confined to one region.Telecommunications have been cut across much of Tigray and commercial flights have been suspended, disrupting movement, family contact and humanitarian operations. The report says the town of Alamata is a supply hub for troops, fuel and food near... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 02 Oct 2026 08:59 LONDON
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Breakfast News Recap: Middle East tensions deepen as Iran, Ukraine and Gaza crises escalate
Donald Trump has warned Iran it would be hit very hard if it is found linked to the attack on a flydubai flight to Israel, as the UAE investigation widens and the United States sends a third aircraft carrier toward waters around Iran. The move underlines a broader American military buildup in the Middle East. đź”— đź”—Separately, a FlyDubai passenger jet carrying 174 people made an emergency landing in northwestern Saudi Arabia after an altercation in the cockpit, with Saudi officials saying the aircraft had been bound for Tel Aviv. The incident is being treated as a security case and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 02 Oct 2026 08:40 LONDON
US unblocks $320 million in military aid to Egypt amid regional security concerns
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt, unlocking funds that had been withheld over human rights concerns. The decision was announced by the US State Department on Thursday and was described as being in the interest of US national security. The waiver covers foreign military financing within Washington's annual assistance package to Cairo.The department said the determination reflected Egypt's importance to US national security interests and the concrete security cooperation it provides. In a letter to lawmakers, Rubio cited Egypt's helpful role in dealing with Iran since the conflict... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 02 Oct 2026 06:03 LONDON
Gaza prepares burial of remains of 105 people killed in 2023 Israeli strike
Palestinians in Gaza are preparing to bury the remains of 105 people recovered from the site of a devastating Israeli attack in Gaza City in October 2023. Coffins containing the remains are due to be carried in a funeral procession involving family members before burial in Sheikh Radwan cemetery, northwest of Gaza City. The recovery and burial process is taking place more than two years after the strike on the Yarmouk Square neighbourhood.The victims were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on the afternoon of 25 October 2023, when at least 20 bombs levelled the seven-storey Al Taj... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 01 Oct 2026 09:02 LONDON
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Netanyahu faces fresh October 7 warning allegations as election pressure builds
A fresh report has intensified scrutiny of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over claims that he was warned before the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack. According to the latest account, Egypt's intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, is said to have phoned Netanyahu days before the assault, adding to earlier media reports that the United Arab Emirates also issued a warning in the week before the attack. The allegations have emerged as Israel heads towards a parliamentary election on October 27, keeping the issue of security failures at the centre of the campaign.The report says Kamel had also travelled to Israel in... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Sep 2026 12:29 LONDON
Breakfast News Recap: Russia intensifies Kyiv strikes as Iraq sees end of US troop presence
At least three people, including a child, were killed when Russia launched another overnight wave of strikes on Kyiv and surrounding regions, underlining the renewed intensity of the campaign against Ukraine. đź”—Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia steelworks, Zaporizhstal, has been shut down indefinitely after four waves of Russian missile attacks in August and September, while the economy minister said air raid alerts are costing the country about $45m for every hour businesses are forced to stop work. đź”— đź”—In Iraq, the last remaining US troops have left the country, ending a military presence that began in 2003 and completing a withdrawal agreed in... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 30 Sep 2026 08:40 LONDON
Italian court convicts three Egyptian security officials in Giulio Regeni kidnapping case
An Italian court has convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia over the kidnapping of Giulio Regeni, the Italian student whose death in Egypt in 2016 triggered years of diplomatic tension. The men were each sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated kidnapping, while a fourth defendant was acquitted. The ruling was delivered on Monday in Rome and marks a major new step in a case that has remained unresolved for a decade.Regeni, a postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge, disappeared in Cairo in January 2016 while researching union activity among street vendors. His body was later found... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 28 Sep 2026 21:29 LONDON
US says it offered Iran uranium for civilian nuclear programme, but Tehran refused
The United States offered to sell Iran uranium for use in a civilian nuclear programme during earlier negotiations aimed at ending the war on Iran, but Tehran refused, according to the US ambassador to the United Nations. Mike Waltz said the proposal was discussed as part of efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining highly enriched uranium while still allowing a peaceful nuclear programme under international rules. He said the arrangement would have been similar to the model used by the United Arab Emirates.Waltz made the remarks on Sunday, saying US negotiators had even offered to supply uranium directly. He said... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 27 Sep 2026 19:00 LONDON
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New revelations over October 7 warnings intensify pressure on Netanyahu
Fresh revelations about warnings allegedly received before Hamas's 7 October attack have intensified political pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reports published over the weekend said additional foreign and intelligence alerts reached him before the assault, adding to an already volatile debate over responsibility for the security failures that preceded the war. The disclosures have landed during Israel's election campaign and shortly after Netanyahu used a speech at the United Nations to defend his record.According to the reports, the New York Times confirmed an earlier account that United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed secretly warned Netanyahu about the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 27 Sep 2026 17:04 LONDON
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
