US refineries taking in half of Venezuela's oil output, official says
Venezuela is now sending more than 500,000 barrels per day of crude to Gulf Coast refineries in the United States, according to a senior US official. The figure amounts to about half of Venezuela's current oil output, the official said at an industry event in Houston on Tuesday. The development marks a sharp increase from late 2025, when Venezuelan exports to the US were far lower.Under Secretary of Energy Kyle Haustveit said the flow is coming from a national output of roughly 1.25 million barrels per day. He said the oil is moving to refineries built specifically to process that... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Aug 2026 03:30 LONDON
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US rebukes Israeli airstrikes on Syrian Abu Duhur airbase amid regional tensions
The United States has issued a rare rebuke of Israel after reports that eight airstrikes hit the Abu Duhur airbase in north-west Syria, near the Turkish border. The strikes reportedly damaged the runway and a storage facility at the site, which lies about 70 kilometres from the border. No injuries were reported in the immediate aftermath.Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey and Washington's special envoy for Syria and Iraq, said the confirmed strikes were an unnecessary escalation that did not advance regional stability. Israel did not directly confirm the operation, but the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Aug 2026 02:29 LONDON
Damascus court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death as transitional justice cases widen
A court in Damascus has sentenced Wassim al-Assad to death for crimes including premeditated murder and torture, in a ruling announced on Tuesday. The case concerns a former figure from the Assad family circle and adds another major judgment to Syria's post-regime legal process. It comes as the country's transitional authorities continue to pursue accountability for abuses linked to the 14-year war.According to the supplied material, the court also linked the case to militia crimes and Captagon trafficking. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan said the conviction covered crimes against humanity and war crimes, placing the ruling among the most serious categories... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 18 Aug 2026 14:31 LONDON
China keeps Zhu Rongji funeral low-key amid censorship of public mourning
China has held the funeral of former premier Zhu Rongji in Beijing in a tightly controlled and low-profile manner, after his death last week at the age of 97. The ceremony was scheduled for Tuesday, with the former leader to be cremated, but there has been no footage from the event. Government sites were flying flags at half-mast, while security vehicles were seen in central Beijing as the country marked his death.Zhu served as China's premier from 1998 to 2003 and is widely remembered as one of the country's most significant economic reformers. State media described him as an "outstanding... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 18 Aug 2026 07:32 LONDON
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Venezuela seeks return of 31 tonnes of gold held at the Bank of England
Venezuela is seeking the return of 31 tonnes of gold held at the Bank of England, in a dispute over sovereign reserves valued at about €4bn. The request concerns bullion that has been stored in London and is now at the centre of a legal and financial row. The case adds to long-running questions over how states access and control assets kept abroad.The amount involved is substantial, with the gold described as weighing 31 tonnes. Its estimated value of about €4bn underlines the scale of the claim and the sensitivity of the issue for Venezuela's public finances. The row was... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 17 Aug 2026 15:02 LONDON
Top Zambian opposition figures arrested after election amid insurrection claims
Security forces in Zambia have arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, after a raid in the capital, Lusaka, the government said. The arrests came as counting from Thursday's presidential election was still under way, adding a security dimension to an already contested vote. Among those named by officials was Brian Mundubile, the leading opposition candidate, who was found at the scene of the operation, according to the country's top civil servant.Patrick Kangwa said the people detained were linked to what he described as military plans involving foreign nationals and illegal military training camps. He said officers seized weapons, ammunition... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 17 Aug 2026 09:30 LONDON
Iran disputes Qatar over missing pilots as remains of one airman are found
An Iranian military official has called on Qatar to allow an Iranian team into the country to investigate the fate of pilots Tehran says were captured by Qatari forces. The request comes after Qatar said its search and rescue teams found the remains of one pilot following an Iranian aircraft violation of Qatari airspace in March. The latest exchange deepens a dispute that has already become both a diplomatic and humanitarian issue.Mohammad Baqerzadeh, commander of the Committee for the Search for Missing Persons of Iran's Armed Forces General Staff, said an Iranian Air Force expert and fact-finding team had been... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 16 Aug 2026 09:36 LONDON
UN warns Afghan women's aid groups may shut as funding runs short
The United Nations has warned that more than half of women's organisations still operating in Afghanistan could stop work within the next year because of funding shortages. The warning comes as the country marks five years since the Taliban returned to power, a period in which women's rights and access to public life have been sharply restricted. UN Women said the risk is especially acute for groups providing support to women and girls in a country where humanitarian needs remain high.Susan Ferguson, UN Women's special representative in Afghanistan, said donor countries should not cut funding for women's programmes because doing... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 15 Aug 2026 02:00 LONDON
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Colombia earthquake leaves Cali hospitals damaged and overwhelmed
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake in western Colombia has left major hospitals in Cali damaged and operating under severe strain. The University Hospital of the Valle Evaristo Garcia, one of the city's main public medical centres, suffered partial collapse after the quake on Monday. Health workers in the city have been forced to prioritise only the most critical patients as rescue teams continue searching for the missing.The National Unit for Disaster Risk Management said 377 people remain missing as the crucial three-day rescue window passes. The earthquake killed at least 273 people and injured at least 3,800 others, according to the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Aug 2026 22:00 LONDON
Poland says it thwarted alleged Russian plot to kill Ukrainian-American man
Poland says it has disrupted an alleged plot to kill a Ukrainian-American dual national on its territory, in a case Prime Minister Donald Tusk described as the first of its kind involving an American citizen on NATO soil. Tusk said the suspect was arrested on 7 August and that the operation was stopped in its final stages. He said the alleged target was considered inconvenient to the Putin regime.According to Tusk, the arrest was carried out by the Polish Internal Security Agency, known as ABW, and police, with cooperation from American services. He accused Moscow of orchestrating the plan and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Aug 2026 17:59 LONDON
Mali pardons Frenchman sentenced in alleged coup plot case
Mali has granted a presidential pardon to French national Yann Vezilier, who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison over an alleged coup plot. The decision was announced on Thursday and was accompanied by his immediate removal from Malian territory. It marks a notable shift in a case that had added to already strained relations between Bamako and Paris.According to the Malian government, the pardon does not challenge the findings of the court that convicted him. The government said the act of clemency followed an adversarial trial in which the rights of the defence were respected. It also said... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Aug 2026 17:38 LONDON
Lebanese Americans file US lawsuit over war damage in Lebanon
Dozens of Lebanese Americans have filed a class action civil lawsuit in a US federal court in Michigan, accusing the US government and several defence contractors of helping enable Israel's conduct in Lebanon. The case was filed on Tuesday in the US District Court in Michigan and names Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Caterpillar as defendants. The plaintiffs say their property in Lebanon was damaged during the war and argue that US military support should have been halted under the Leahy Law.The lawsuit was brought by the Michigan-based Arab American Civil Rights League and 16 individual... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Aug 2026 15:37 LONDON
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Russian officer killed in Sevastopol bomb attack as five die in separate explosive-device operation
A Russian military officer has been killed in a bomb attack in Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-annexed Crimea, according to the region's governor. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of acting on behalf of Ukrainian special services, the governor said. The incident comes amid a wider period of intensified drone and sabotage activity linked to the war between Russia and Ukraine.Regional governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said the officer was killed in the attack, and that several unofficial Russian Telegram channels identified the victim as Robert Shageyev. Those channels described him as a former Ukrainian naval officer who switched allegiance... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Aug 2026 15:32 LONDON
Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad and former officials to death in absentia
A court in Damascus has sentenced ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, along with his brother Maher al-Assad and six other former high-ranking officials. The ruling also covered Atef Najib, Assad's cousin and former security chief in Deraa province, who was present at the trial and was also sentenced to death. The case is being presented by Syria's new authorities as a landmark step in a transitional justice process that is still taking shape.The verdicts relate to crimes committed during nearly 14 years of war, including killings, disappearances and torture. The court said the men were convicted... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Aug 2026 22:33 LONDON
Russia frees ailing ex-US Marine Robert Gilman as he returns to the United States
Russia has freed former US Marine Robert Gilman, who had been detained since 2022, and he has now returned to the United States for medical care. The release was described by US officials as being on humanitarian grounds after discussions involving President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff. Gilman arrived at Dulles airport near Washington on a State Department plane before continuing on to a rehabilitation centre in San Antonio, Texas.US officials said Mr Putin approved a pardon for Gilman and that Russia did not seek any concessions in return. Mr Witkoff said Gilman could now return to... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Aug 2026 08:01 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
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