Venezuela government and opposition prepare US-backed talks on elections
The Venezuelan government and a segment of the opposition are due to begin United States-backed talks on Saturday aimed at creating a path toward eventual elections. The negotiations come as the country's political divide remains deep, with one of the opposition's best-known figures, Maria Corina Machado, left out of the process. The talks are expected to bring together representatives from the government and selected opposition figures in Caracas.The opposition delegation will be led by former lawmaker Dinorah Figuera, who previously oversaw an opposition bloc in the National Assembly elected in 2015. Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, has not... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 31 Jul 2026 22:35 LONDON
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Peru constitutional court overturns ex-president Ollanta Humala corruption sentence
Peru's constitutional court has overturned a 15-year prison sentence handed to former president Ollanta Humala, nullifying the criminal proceedings against him in a major reversal in one of the country's most closely watched corruption cases. Humala, who led Peru from 2011 to 2016, had been convicted in 2025 over allegations that he accepted illegal funds to finance his election campaigns. He is now expected to be released from Barbadillo Prison in Lima, according to local media.The ruling centres on claims that Humala received money linked to the Venezuelan president and the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for his 2006 and 2011... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 31 Jul 2026 12:00 LONDON
Sanctioned Iranian oil transfer activity continues off Malaysia's Eastern Outer Port Limits
Satellite tracking has shown the Iranian crude tanker Humanity moving into waters off Malaysia's Eastern Outer Port Limits and then switching off its automatic identification system, or AIS. The vessel had travelled through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore before veering northeast toward the Malaysian coast, according to the supplied material. Maritime security analysts say the pattern is consistent with preparations for a ship-to-ship transfer of Iranian oil.The tanker is described as a 330-metre crude carrier that reached the Eastern Outer Port Limits, a 1,200-square-kilometre anchorage area in the South China Sea about 70km off the coast. The supplied material... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Jul 2026 08:32 LONDON
The Great Uncoupling: Abu Dhabi’s Sovereign Gambit
The UAE’s decision to cut ties with OPEC is far more than a mere adjustment of energy policy, for it functions as a political telegram written in barrels and sent directly to the heart of the global order. For nearly six decades, Abu Dhabi operated within the rigid architecture of producer discipline, where it accepted the rituals of quotas, the formality of communiqués, and the heavy burden of collective restraint. It played the long game of oil diplomacy with a patient hand, balancing its own massive national ambitions against the gravity of cartel discipline and the delicate logic of Gulf... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 30 Apr 2026 09:50 LONDON
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There Is Good in Every Bad
Power, Greed, Oil, and the Theater of Modern Geopolitics The Business Model of Power Donald Trump does not govern like a traditional politician. He governs like a negotiator who believes every geopolitical crisis is leverage, every war threat is a bargaining chip, and every market panic is an opportunity. When markets tremble, someone profits. The question is, who? Global markets react instantly to political tension. Gold rises when conflict looms. Oil spikes when instability threatens production. Stock markets collapse on fear, then rebound on reassurance. Volatility is not chaos, it is opportunity. Historically, gold has surged during major geopolitical crises,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 18 Feb 2026 17:11 LONDON
