Noontime News Recap: Iran strikes widen conflict fears as Ukraine, Europe and Asia face fresh shocks
The United States said it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran overnight, a major escalation that followed earlier regional retaliation reports and raised the risk of a wider confrontation. 🔗Russia kept up pressure on Ukraine with missile and drone attacks that killed at least eight people and wounded dozens overnight, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again called for stronger air defences. 🔗 In Poland, officials said an object that crashed near Tarnawa Kolonia was probably a Russian missile, after it left a crater about 10 metres wide, and an investigation is continuing. 🔗In the Middle East and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 30 Jul 2026 12:23 LONDON
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Shell profits double as oil prices rise after Iran war disrupts energy supplies
Shell has reported a sharp rise in second-quarter profits after the Iran war pushed up oil prices and disrupted global energy supplies. The company said earnings for the April-to-June period reached $9.84bn, more than double the $4.26bn recorded a year earlier. The increase came as the conflict affected flows of oil and liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy shipments.Chief executive Wael Sawan said Shell's operational performance had delivered very strong results during what he described as another quarter of severe disruption in global energy markets. The company also said its first-half earnings... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Jul 2026 09:09 LONDON
Amnesty says India's arms exports to Israel risk complicity in Gaza genocide
Amnesty International has accused India of continuing to supply weapons, ammunition and components to Israeli military suppliers despite the war in Gaza. In a report shared on Thursday, the rights group said the shipments create a substantial risk that the goods could be used in what it described as the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The allegation centres on trade flows that Amnesty says have continued since the start of the Israeli offensive on 7 October 2023.The report says Amnesty investigators analysed 2,596 shipments of weapons, ammunition, parts and components sent from India to Israel since that date. It... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Jul 2026 09:06 LONDON
Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine hit by fresh Russian strikes as Middle East tensions and market stress deepen
Russian missile and drone strikes hit cities across Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen, with officials warning the toll could rise as rescue work continues. Kyiv and Lviv were among the targets, and Poland scrambled jets as the scale of the attack became clear. 🔗 🔗The conflict in the Middle East widened further after the United States launched fresh strikes on Iran, following a renewed wave of attacks across the region. Separate reporting said a US attack on Iran's Qeshm island killed three people, including a two year old child, while Iraq condemned... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 30 Jul 2026 08:39 LONDON
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Comey lawyers seek dismissal over seashell post case, alleging prosecutorial misconduct
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey have asked a US court to dismiss the criminal case against him, saying prosecutors distorted evidence and omitted key details in their handling of an Instagram post involving seashells arranged as "86 47". The filing was made on Tuesday and accuses the government of misconduct, political retribution and selective prosecution. Comey was charged in April over the post, which prosecutors say was a reference to killing US President Donald Trump.The defence says the case is built on irregularities and that public statements by government officials show the president's animus toward Comey influenced the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 29 Jul 2026 21:30 LONDON
Shots fired near US consulate in Toronto for second time in four months
Shots were fired near the US consulate in Toronto early on Monday, in the second such incident near the diplomatic compound in four months. Toronto police said officers heard a firearm being discharged in the area and later saw a white sedan fleeing the scene. The area was cordoned off and shell casings were found, but no one was injured.Police said no suspects have been identified. The consulate thanked police for their response to the shooting. The incident comes after a previous shooting at the same consulate on 10 March, which police described as a national security incident.That earlier case... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 27 Jul 2026 18:02 LONDON
Kazakhstan cuts oil output after drone attacks shut key Black Sea export terminal
Kazakhstan has said drone attacks forced its main Black Sea oil export terminal to shut down, disrupting a key route for the country's crude shipments. The move has also led the country to cut oil production, according to the supplied report. The disruption comes as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to affect energy infrastructure and shipping routes in the wider region.The affected exports move through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium route, which carries Kazakh crude westward to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The report says the terminal closure followed drone attacks blamed on Ukraine, though the supplied... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 26 Jul 2026 19:03 LONDON
Israel launches new military incursion into southwestern Syria amid UN condemnation
Israeli forces have reportedly advanced toward villages in southwestern Syria in a new cross-border incursion that has drawn condemnation from the United Nations. According to Syria's state news agency, soldiers moved toward the area on Sunday, set up a checkpoint at Al-Ardah and dropped leaflets warning residents not to obstruct Israeli vehicles. Shelling was also heard nearby, adding to the sense of tension along the frontier.The reported operation came as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting Syria. He condemned what he described as persistent violations of Syria's sovereignty and said breaches of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement were... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 26 Jul 2026 19:00 LONDON
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Attack on holiday camps in Russian-held Zaporizhzhia kills 11, including four children
Moscow-installed officials in the partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region said a Ukrainian strike on holiday camps overnight killed 11 people and wounded 14 others. Kremlin-installed regional head Yevgeny Balitsky said four children were among the dead, revising earlier figures that had put the death toll lower. The attack was reported in the seaside village of Kyrylivka, in an area of southeastern Ukraine that remains divided by the war.Balitsky said the wounded included 14 people and accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the camps, adding that the victims had been struck while at the resorts. Ukraine had not immediately commented on the allegation... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 25 Jul 2026 16:32 LONDON
Rosebank drilling speculation becomes test for new UK prime minister
Reports that Britain's new prime minister may allow fresh drilling in the North Sea have triggered a political and environmental row centred on the Rosebank oilfield. The field lies about 130km from Shetland and is described as the United Kingdom's largest unexploited oil and gas reserve. The debate has quickly become a test of the government's approach to energy policy, climate commitments and local opposition.The speculation follows the arrival of Andy Burnham as Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade, according to the supplied report. Burnham and his team have not commented on the reports, but the possibility of support... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 23 Jul 2026 13:12 LONDON
