US to end South Africa HIV funding over Afrikaner persecution claims
The United States says it will stop funding HIV and AIDS programmes in South Africa, in a move tied to allegations that Pretoria has failed to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community. The decision affects support that has been central to South Africa's response to HIV, a virus that still affects more than eight million people in the country. South Africa's health ministry said it had not been informed of the move and said it had long been working on a self-reliance plan.The funding had been provided through the President's Emergency Fund for Aids Relief, known as Pepfar, at an estimated... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Jun 2026 18:32 LONDON
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US strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz kill Indian sailors as toll rises
Three tankers have been struck by the US military in and around the Strait of Hormuz over the past week, with the latest confirmed deaths involving three Indian sailors aboard MT Settebello. The vessel was hit on Wednesday by what US Central Command described as precision munitions fired into its engine room, after it allegedly failed to comply with directions linked to the blockade of Iranian ports. The ship was Palau-flagged and had a majority Indian crew on board.The new details confirm the names of the three men killed: deck cadet Aditya Sharma from Himachal Pradesh, engine fitter Shivanand Chaurasiya... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Jun 2026 20:59 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
