Day News Recap: Red Sea tensions widen as Congo Ebola toll climbs and Europe faces political strain
Houthi forces have completed their takeover of Yemen's Red Sea coastline, including the port city of Mocha and the island of Mayyun, also known as Perim, while government forces said they were intensifying air attacks on Houthi positions near Mocha and along the coast. The fighting has sharpened fears over one of the world's most sensitive shipping routes. 🔗 🔗Maritime security in the wider region also deteriorated after Iranian authorities said one person was killed and three others injured when a merchant vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, and Bahrain refused to join an Iranian proposed shipping meeting... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 13 Sep 2026 18:23 LONDON
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Breakfast News Recap: Hormuz tensions rise as Congo Ebola toll climbs and Europe faces political strain
Security in the Gulf came under fresh strain after Iranian authorities said one person was killed and three others injured when a merchant vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane already under pressure from regional tensions. 🔗 Bahrain also said it would not join an Iran proposed meeting in Oman on Monday on safe passage for shipping in the strait, underlining the diplomatic split over how to protect traffic through the waterway. 🔗In Yemen and along the Red Sea coast, the Houthis said they had carried out a drone and missile strike on a military... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 13 Sep 2026 08:37 LONDON
Sweden votes in tight general election as opposition and Kristersson bloc run neck and neck
Sweden is voting in a closely fought general election that could return the left-wing opposition to power or bring the far-right Sweden Democrats into government for the first time. The contest has narrowed sharply in the final days of campaigning, leaving Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's alliance and the opposition bloc separated by little more than a dead heat in opinion polls. The result is expected to determine not only who leads the next government, but also how much influence the Sweden Democrats will have over policy.Magdalena Andersson, the opposition leader and head of the centre-left Social Democrats, said on the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Sep 2026 04:59 LONDON
US court blocks Trump administration plan to cut FEMA workforce
A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in ordering personnel changes that would have cut and constrained the workforce of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The decision was issued on Friday by US District Judge Susan Illston in California. It centres on temporary FEMA reservists whose contracts are used to support disaster response after hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other emergencies.Judge Illston said the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, exceeded its authority when it moved to restrict the agency's ability to manage its own workforce. Labor groups representing federal workers brought the case after... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Sep 2026 21:29 LONDON
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