NATO jets down drone after airspace incursion over Lithuania
NATO fighter pilots shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, according to the Lithuanian president. Authorities said the aircraft likely crossed into southern Lithuania near Kaunas shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Drone alerts were also triggered in Vilnius and the surrounding region earlier in the day.President Gitanas NausÄ—da said in a statement that the drone was destroyed by NATO fighter jets. A spokesperson for Lithuania's national crisis management centre said the drone's origin had not yet been determined. Lithuania's Ministry of Defence said the country's armed forces and Italian pilots serving in the NATO Air Defence Mission responded... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 15 Sep 2026 00:59 LONDON
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United States blocks Iran nuclear chief from Vienna IAEA conference after Austria revokes visa
The United States has blocked Iran's nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, from attending this week's annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. Eslami and his delegation cancelled their trip after Austria revoked his visa, according to Iranian state media. The decision has added a new diplomatic dispute to the opening of the five-day meeting at the agency's headquarters.Iran's ambassador to the agency, Reza Najafi, told delegations at the conference opening that Eslami's visa had initially been approved before being withdrawn. He said the move was a direct infringement on Iran's rights as a member state and argued... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 23:00 LONDON
Finland joins French nuclear deterrence initiative as cooperation deepens
Finland has agreed to join France's Forward Deterrence Initiative, widening French nuclear deterrence cooperation to another European state amid continuing concern over Russia and uncertainty about US commitment to Europe. The move was formalised in Helsinki by the Finnish and French foreign ministers as part of a new strategic partnership. It makes Finland the 10th European country to sign up to the initiative.Finnish President Alexander Stubb said the arrangement is "first and foremost about strengthening European security", while stressing that it does not replace NATO's nuclear deterrence. He also said the decision had been discussed extensively with the United States... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 21:59 LONDON
NATO pledges increased Ukraine support as Russia strikes near Poland border
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said the alliance will increase support for Ukraine and strengthen its own defences along the eastern border with Russia after Russian drone strikes hit close to Poland. The comments came after attacks on Sunday that struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border and another point near a crossing in the same area. The incidents have sharpened concern in Warsaw and Brussels about the proximity of the war to NATO territory.Rutte said the strikes showed Russia was becoming more reckless and was trying to sow fear and terror. Poland's defence minister, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, said the Polish... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 21:29 LONDON
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Day News Recap: Middle East violence drives oil higher as markets slide and tensions widen
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people, including six children, in the town of Kfar Dounine, deepening fears that the conflict could spread further across the region. 🔗Oil prices surged as Brent crude moved above $107 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate climbed above $102, with traders reacting to disruption around the Strait of Hormuz and the shutdown of Saudi energy infrastructure. 🔗 Saudi Arabia is relying on stored oil to keep exports moving after drone attacks forced a precautionary shutdown of the East West pipeline, a key route for crude shipments. 🔗 Iran also said a... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 14 Sep 2026 18:21 LONDON
Zambia warns against eating dead wildlife after anthrax outbreak kills dozens of animals
Authorities in Zambia have warned people not to eat meat from dead wildlife after an anthrax outbreak killed dozens of animals in the Munyamadzi River area of Muchinga province. Officials said 12 people were infected after consuming dead wildlife, while no human deaths have been reported. The outbreak has affected the Munyamadzi Game Management Area, where surveillance and laboratory investigations are still under way.The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit said 46 hippos, eight elephants, five buffaloes and one crocodile had died since July. Its national coordinator, Norman Chipakupaku, said the carcasses were eaten by local people who depend on wildlife... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 13:06 LONDON
Noontime News Recap: Yemen fighting intensifies as NATO says it intercepted Russian submarines in the Arctic
Yemeni government aligned forces have advanced in western Taiz after repelling a Houthi offensive, while the Houthis also claimed attacks on Saudi Arabia, underscoring the widening pressure points in the conflict. 🔗Western officials say a joint NATO operation intercepted Russian submarines near a vital undersea cable in the Arctic last week, in an incident that highlights growing concern over critical infrastructure and military activity in the far north. 🔗In Malaysia, a teenage boy has been acquitted of murdering a female schoolmate after a judge found he was mentally unsound at the time of the killing, bringing an end to a... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 14 Sep 2026 12:20 LONDON
Russian submarines intercepted near Arctic cable in joint NATO operation, officials say
Western officials say a joint NATO operation intercepted Russian submarines near a vital undersea cable in the Arctic last week. The incident took place near Svalbard and is being described as an attempt to destroy cable infrastructure that supports communications in the region. The account has raised fresh concern about the security of undersea networks that carry much of the United Kingdom's international data.According to two Western officials cited in the supplied material, covert Russian GUGI undersea warfare submarines were detected trying to damage a cable near Svalbard. The operation involved the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States, and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 11:02 LONDON
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Breakfast News Recap: Middle East tensions jolt oil markets as border strike, protests and elections dominate
Oil prices surged as escalating Middle East tensions threatened key supply routes, with Brent crude moving above $107 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate topping $102, a move that quickly fed through to global risk sentiment. 🔗That backdrop also sharpened concern around diplomacy and energy security, as Iran and Oman delayed planned Gulf talks and the United States opened G20 energy meetings in Houston promoting what it called energy abundance amid the disruption to fuel markets. 🔗 🔗On the ground, Poland and Ukraine denounced Russian strikes close to the Polish border after a Kyiv Warsaw passenger train was hit about... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 14 Sep 2026 08:33 LONDON
PM-backed candidate wins Okinawa governor race, raising questions over base policy
Genta Koja has won Okinawa's gubernatorial election, defeating two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki in a result that could reshape debate over the prefecture's long-running dispute with Tokyo and Washington. Officials said Koja won 59% of the vote in Sunday's election, with the result announced on Monday. The 42-year-old former deputy mayor of Naha will become Okinawa's youngest governor since the prefecture was returned to Japan from US rule in 1972.Koja was backed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party, giving the ruling camp a stronger position in a prefecture that has often resisted the concentration of US military facilities. Tamaki,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 05:30 LONDON
Day News Recap: Yemen fighting and Red Sea tensions deepen as world marks 9/11 anniversary
Yemen saw the sharpest escalation, with more than 900 people killed or injured in less than a week of renewed fighting and at least 5,000 families forced from their homes as civilians fled Taiz. 🔗The conflict around the Red Sea and Bab al Mandab also intensified, with Houthi forces reported to have seized Perim Island and Mokha, tightened their grip on the shipping lane, and advanced across Yemen's Tihamah coast. 🔗 🔗 🔗That pressure on maritime routes was echoed by the United States, which began telling oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to travel at specific times if they... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 12 Sep 2026 18:21 LONDON
Breakfast News Recap: Hormuz tensions, Ukraine pressure and Yemen fighting dominate a busy briefing
The biggest market and security story was the sharp rise in Middle East shipping risk, after the United States began telling oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to travel at specific times if they want military protection. The move underlines how exposed the waterway has become as tensions rise around Iran and the wider Gulf. 🔗Iran said it will meet Gulf states and Iraq in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and regional security, while Saudi Arabia kept its East West pipeline shut for a second day after a drone attack launched from Iraq caused injuries... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 12 Sep 2026 08:38 LONDON
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Russia returns naval convoy to the Mediterranean under close NATO surveillance
Russia's navy has reappeared in the Mediterranean after a two-month gap, with a convoy of ships reported to have reached the Syrian port of Tartus. The movement was tracked closely by European and British naval assets as the vessels passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and across the central Mediterranean. The convoy is linked to Moscow's maritime logistics network that supports its military presence in Syria.According to the supplied reporting, the ships were detected switching off their automatic identification system transponders before passing Gibraltar. The convoy included the sanctioned cargo vessel Sparta, the sanctioned tanker General Skobelev and the replenishment... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 18:04 LONDON
Australian fuel prices set to rise as oil spikes and markets sell off
Australian motorists are expected to face higher fuel prices in the coming weeks after a sharp rise in global oil markets. Prices are on track to climb by 20 to 30 cents as Brent crude moved to its highest level since mid-May, briefly pushing towards US$110 a barrel before settling above US$108 in late Friday trade. The move comes as investors sell stocks and bonds amid growing concern about the Middle East conflict and wider market stress.The latest increase in oil prices has fed through quickly to expectations for retail fuel costs in Australia. The market reaction has also been... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 07:29 LONDON
Greens co-founder backs senators over split on koala park carbon credits
A prominent founding figure of the Australian Greens has backed three senators who broke ranks over a native forest carbon credit plan linked to the Great Koala National Park in New South Wales. The intervention comes after the party split over whether to support the federal method used to register the project. The dispute has also drawn a sharp response from Labor, which rejected claims that the plan amounts to commodifying the environment.The issue centres on the Improved Native Forest Management method, or INFM, a federal scheme that allows state governments to earn carbon credit units by stopping planned logging... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 10 Sep 2026 21:34 LONDON
UK and NATO allies intercept Russian plot to target undersea cable near Svalbard
Western officials say a joint NATO operation intercepted Russian submarines that were attempting to destroy a vital undersea cable in the Arctic near Svalbard. According to two officials cited in the supplied material, Britain, Norway and the United States were involved in the operation and stopped the submarines before the cable was damaged. The incident is being described as part of wider concern over the security of subsea infrastructure.The cable in question connects Svalbard to Norway and lies about 2,700 metres below the surface. The same material says the submarines were covert Russian GUGI undersea warfare vessels. Russia has denied... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 10 Sep 2026 08:02 LONDON
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UK West Bank settlement sanctions trigger Israeli diplomatic retaliation and muted US response
Israel has moved to escalate its response after the United Kingdom unveiled sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to the supplied material, Israel said it would shut Britain's diplomatic mission to the Palestinians, expel UK military staff from a coordination base near Gaza and bar nearly a dozen British lawmakers from entering the country. The measures mark a sharp widening of a dispute that began with the British announcement on settlement trade restrictions.The UK said it acted out of what it described as a moral imperative to stop the destruction of the two-state solution. It accused... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 23:02 LONDON
IAEA refers Iran to UN Security Council over nuclear non-compliance after board vote
The International Atomic Energy Agency has formally referred Iran to the United Nations Security Council after its Board of Governors approved a resolution in Vienna. The move is the first such referral in 20 years and marks a fresh escalation in the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. The resolution was backed by 23 countries, with eight abstentions, while China, Russia and Niger voted against it.The board action was tabled by the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States. It cites a lack of information on Iran's nuclear material, including stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, and says inspectors have been... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 21:59 LONDON
New Hampshire primary results set up Senate and governor races
Republican John E. Sununu and Democrat Chris Pappas have won their primaries in New Hampshire and will face each other in the race for the United States Senate. The result sets up a November contest to replace outgoing Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen.In the governor's race, Republican Kelly Ayotte won her party's primary and will run against Democrat Cinde Warmington. The primary results also clarified the state's House contests. In the 1st Congressional District, Stefany Shaheen defeated retired Marine Maura Sullivan in a close Democratic primary, while Anthony DiLorenzo won the Republican nomination.In the 2nd District, Lily Tang Williams won the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 07:29 LONDON
Cluster munitions kill or injure at least 1,063 people globally in 2025, report says
A new report says cluster munitions killed or injured at least 1,063 people worldwide in 2025, placing the year among the highest annual tolls on record. The findings were published by the Cluster Munition Coalition and cover casualties recorded across multiple conflict zones. Ukraine accounted for the largest share of the global total, while civilians made up most of the victims.The report said at least 34 children were among those killed or injured. It added that casualties were recorded in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Myanmar, Russia, Syria and Ukraine. Ukraine accounted for 87% of the global total for the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 06:00 LONDON
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US imposes import ban on Canadian alcohol and other goods as trade dispute deepens
The United States has ordered an import ban on Canadian products including alcoholic spirits, dairy goods and motorbikes, in a sharp new escalation of the trade dispute between the two countries. The move was announced in a series of executive orders on Tuesday and is due to take effect on 29 September. It comes as Canadian retaliatory tariffs on American goods begin to bite, extending a confrontation that has already disrupted one of the world's largest trading relationships.US President Donald Trump said Canada was "discriminating in fact against the commerce of the United States" as he set out the ban.... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 04:31 LONDON
Pentagon shake-up deepens as Hegseth drives military overhaul
The United States military is facing a new period of internal strain as Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes ahead with a promised shake-up at the Pentagon. The latest development is the departure of Dan Driscoll, who stepped down last week as US Secretary of the Army after clashing repeatedly with Hegseth over the pace and direction of reform. The upheaval has intensified scrutiny of how the Pentagon is being run and whether the changes could affect the wider strength of the US armed forces.According to the supplied material, Driscoll was one of the most senior political figures in the Army... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 01:03 LONDON
Trump and Putin hold frank phone call as US renews Ukraine peace efforts
The White House has renewed efforts to broker a deal on Ukraine after Donald Trump spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin, according to the supplied material. The call was described by a Kremlin adviser as "constructive and quite frank" and lasted about an hour. It came just days after US envoys held separate meetings in Russia and Ukraine on a proposal to end the war.Yury Ushakov, Putin's foreign affairs adviser, said the two leaders exchanged views on the outcome of the visits by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. He said Putin discussed Russia's battlefield goals and gave what he described... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 08 Sep 2026 20:02 LONDON
UK to mobilise veterans in major war-readiness exercise next year
The UK plans to call up some veterans as part of a major exercise next year designed to test the country's resilience in the event of war. The drill will examine how the Ministry of Defence would react on a scale not seen for a very long time, according to armed forces minister Louise Sandher-Jones. It will involve an unspecified number of people from the British military's strategic reserve.Sandher-Jones told the House of Lords national resilience committee that the exercise in 2027 will go through measures to call out, use and equip retired troops at scale if needed. She said... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 08 Sep 2026 13:09 LONDON
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EU pledges $232m to Greenland amid renewed US annexation pressure
The European Union has signed a new declaration with Greenland and Denmark in Nuuk, alongside a $232 million investment package aimed at strengthening ties with the self-governing Danish territory. The announcement came during a visit by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Greenland's capital on Monday. It also came as NATO's Arctic Shield military exercise began in the region, adding to the sense of heightened strategic attention around the island.The package is intended to support Greenland's government over the next two years, with funding directed at improving administrative capacity, sustainable tourism and housing construction. Von der Leyen said... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 08 Sep 2026 03:35 LONDON
The Madness of Power, From Balfour to the Edge of World War Three
A Voice in the Wilderness of War: Who Still Dares to Speak Truth While Empires March There are moments in history when the world suddenly accelerates toward disaster, moments when anyone who has studied history can feel the temperature rising even before the explosions reach their peak. The current escalation in the Middle East is one of those moments. According to the facts we now see unfolding, the United States and Israel made the unilateral decision to attack Iran without the approval of the United Nations, without a global coalition mandate, and without the support of most of the international... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 06 Mar 2026 17:20 LONDON
Shadows of Fire: The Long Arc of Iran–United States Tensions
A Region on Edge: The Latest Escalation In recent months, tensions between Iran and the United States have intensified once again, fueled by disputes over regional security, nuclear development, maritime incidents in the Persian Gulf, and the broader strategic balance in the Middle East. Officials in Washington have expressed renewed concern over Iran’s uranium enrichment levels, while leaders in Tehran have accused the United States of economic warfare through sanctions and diplomatic isolation. The fragile equilibrium that followed earlier rounds of indirect negotiations appears increasingly strained, with both sides engaging in sharp rhetoric at the United Nations, reinforcing military postures... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 19 Feb 2026 08:49 LONDON
Navigating the Perils of Information in a Global Age
Navigating the Perils of Information in a Global Age In today’s world, where information flows ceaselessly and unchecked, the stakes for migrants have never been higher. Critical thinking is not just a skill, it’s a lifeline. The ability to sift fact from fiction, especially in matters as consequential as migration, is essential for individuals, communities, and the institutions that serve them. The migration landscape is uniquely vulnerable to the hazards of mis-, dis-, and mal-information, collectively known as MDM. The consequences of inaccurate or misleading information can ripple far beyond the individual, affecting entire communities and the systems that govern... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 12 Feb 2026 09:21 LONDON
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