Houthis strike Saudi targets as pipeline outage and Red Sea tensions deepen
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, while pressure also mounted on Riyadh from Houthi advances along Yemen's western coast. The latest strikes were said to target a military airbase in Khamis Mushait in southern Saudi Arabia, with the group saying it fired dozens of missiles and drones at aircraft hangars, radar systems, runways and ammunition depots. Saudi authorities issued emergency alerts in four southern cities as the attacks unfolded.The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said 13 civilians were wounded in the Houthi attacks. Yemeni officials also said the Houthis had dug... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 15 Sep 2026 01:29 LONDON
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Yemen fighting intensifies around Marib and western Taiz as government forces counter Houthi gains
Yemen's government forces have stepped up air attacks against Houthi positions as the fighting shifts toward Marib and western Taiz. The latest clashes come after the rebel group made gains in government-held areas over the past week. The focus on Marib is significant because the city is Yemen's main oil and gas centre and the government's last remaining stronghold in the north.The supplied report says government forces are trying to repel the advance with strikes on Houthi positions and vehicles. It also says a video released on Monday by the Yemeni army purports to show Houthi positions and vehicles being... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 13:32 LONDON
Swedish election remains too close to call as opposition edges ahead in partial count
Sweden's national election remained unresolved on Monday as a partial count gave the opposition centre-left bloc a narrow lead over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's governing right-wing alliance. The election authority said votes from 6,195 of the country's 6,312 districts pointed to 176 seats for the bloc led by Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson, against 173 for the governing bloc in the 349-seat Riksdag. Final confirmation was still pending as overseas ballots and remaining districts were counted.The result leaves the country without a clear winner for now, despite the opposition's three-seat advantage in the latest tally. Officials said the final outcome... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 02:29 LONDON
Sweden votes in tight general election as opposition and Kristersson bloc run neck and neck
Sweden is voting in a closely fought general election that could return the left-wing opposition to power or bring the far-right Sweden Democrats into government for the first time. The contest has narrowed sharply in the final days of campaigning, leaving Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's alliance and the opposition bloc separated by little more than a dead heat in opinion polls. The result is expected to determine not only who leads the next government, but also how much influence the Sweden Democrats will have over policy.Magdalena Andersson, the opposition leader and head of the centre-left Social Democrats, said on the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Sep 2026 04:59 LONDON
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Houthis seize strategic Mayun Island in Bab al-Mandeb Strait
Houthi forces have taken control of Mayun Island, also known as Perim, in a move that strengthens their position at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. The island sits in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping corridors, and the takeover gives the group a new physical foothold there. The seizure was confirmed by a senior military official from Yemen's internationally recognised government and by a Houthi official.Mayun is a small volcanic island of about 13 sq km, but its location gives it outsized strategic value. It lies in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Sep 2026 15:00 LONDON
Yemen fighting escalates as displacement rises and civilians flee Taiz
More than 900 people have been killed or injured in less than a week of renewed fighting in Yemen, while at least 5,000 families have fled their homes, according to the latest figures in the supplied report. The escalation is centred on Taiz and surrounding areas, where civilians have been forced to move again after years of relative calm in some locations. The report says the Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognised government re-erupted into open conflict this month, with the fighting described as the fiercest in years.The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said displacement was rising... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Sep 2026 11:29 LONDON
Peru joins US-led Shield of the Americas security alliance after talks with Marco Rubio
Peru has announced that it will join the US-led Shield of the Americas security alliance, a regional initiative focused on intelligence sharing and military cooperation against drug cartels. The move was confirmed in Lima after talks between Peru's newly elected right-wing leader, Keiko Fujimori, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It places Peru among the latest governments in the region to sign up to the coalition, which is also known as the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition.Fujimori said the decision reflected Peru's own experience confronting organised violence, saying the country had previously had to deal with terrorism and now faces... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 10 Sep 2026 23:03 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
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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
Israeli parties submit candidate slates for October Knesset election
Israeli political parties have submitted their candidate slates for the Knesset election due on October 27, marking a formal step in the country's election process. Israeli media reported that 38 lists were filed before Tuesday's deadline with the Central Elections Committee. The lists will now be reviewed before being finalised on September 27.Among the last parties to file were the governing Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party. The Joint List, an alliance of Arab-majority parties, also submitted its slate on Tuesday. Likud's list includes 35 candidates and is led by... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Sep 2026 11:32 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
Sweden election puts Israel and Palestine policy on the ballot
Sweden is voting in a knife-edge general election that could reshape the country's position on Israel and Palestine. The contest is taking place in Stockholm and across the country, with foreign policy emerging as one of the issues under debate. The result could determine whether Sweden keeps its current stance or moves in a different direction on recognition of Palestine and wider Middle East policy.Polling cited ahead of the vote gave the left-wing coalition a narrow lead over the current right-wing government. A Novus survey released on Monday put support for the left-wing bloc at 50.3 percent, compared with 47.9... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 08 Sep 2026 13:06 LONDON
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THE BATTLE FOR ALI AL-TAHER: HOW A SOUTHERN LEBANON AMBUSH SHATTERED TRUMP’S WASHINGTON AGREEMENT
A catastrophic military escalation in Southern Lebanon has successfully disrupted the highest levels of global diplomacy. Just days after the signing of the United States and Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an armoured battlefield clash on the strategic heights of Ali al-Taher has effectively frozen implementation talks scheduled to begin today in Switzerland. The crisis provides an alarming look at how kinetic actions on the ground can instantly sabotage geopolitical blueprints designed in Washington. The Official Statement from Hezbollah Following the midnight clashes, the media wing of Hezbollah issued a formal, comprehensive statement outlining their strategic justification and rejecting accusations... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 19 Jun 2026 12:24 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
