Breakfast News Recap: Middle East shipping crisis deepens as Colombia quake toll climbs and North Korea fires missile
Rescue teams in Colombia are still searching for survivors after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed 216 people, with the death toll continuing to rise as emergency crews work through the wreckage. đź”—In the Middle East, oil prices climbed again as renewed attacks on shipping sharpened fears over the Strait of Hormuz and other vital maritime routes. Iran's top security official said the strait will stay closed unless the United States meets Tehran's conditions, while the US military said it disabled a Panama flagged ship near an Iranian port after repeated warnings were ignored. đź”— đź”— đź”—The maritime violence widened further... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 12 Aug 2026 08:36 LONDON
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Israeli raids and demolitions intensify in the West Bank as UN warns of breaking point
Israeli forces have arrested at least 23 Palestinians and demolished homes, commercial warehouses and other structures in several parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the supplied report. The actions took place on Tuesday across locations including Tal, near Yatta, Anza, Khirbet ar-Ras al-Ahmar, Yarza and Masafer Yatta. The United Nations has warned that the situation in the territory is at a breaking point.The reported arrests included two children, one of whom had a disability, and a man detained while grazing livestock in al-Hadidiyah in the northern Jordan Valley. At least 11 people were arrested in the Jenin governorate... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Aug 2026 06:30 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
