Noontime News Recap: War, unrest and disaster alerts dominate a tense midday news cycle
Russia and Ukraine traded fresh strikes as Moscow said Ukraine’s threat must be eliminated “once and for all”, with deadly attacks reported in Kyiv, Rostov and Zaporizhzhia and the war intensifying across several fronts. 🔗In the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington for talks at the White House with Donald Trump, with the war on Iran expected to dominate the meeting and shape the next phase of US and Israeli policy. 🔗Iran also drew international concern after publicly executing two protesters from Isfahan, despite UN calls to halt the executions, deepening alarm over Tehran’s treatment of dissent. 🔗In Gaza,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 28 Jul 2026 12:24 LONDON
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Sixty Palestinian detainees returned to Gaza after long detention and abuse allegations
Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel have been returned to Gaza and examined at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, where relatives and medical teams met them after their transfer by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The men arrived frail, injured and, in several cases, unable to walk, according to the supporting report. Their return has drawn renewed attention to the treatment of detainees held during the war in Gaza.The men were brought to the hospital on Monday for examination after being handed over by the Red Cross. Israel said they were released after interrogations determined they were no... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 28 Jul 2026 10:00 LONDON
Tunisia bars family and lawyers from seeing jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi after prison collapse
The family of jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi says it has been unable to see or contact him for 11 days after he collapsed in prison and was taken to hospital. His son, Moadh Ghannouchi, said requests to visit the 85-year-old in hospital were refused, including one submitted to the public prosecutor. The family says it has received no official confirmation of his whereabouts or condition.According to the account given by his son, the last time lawyers saw Ghannouchi was days before he temporarily lost consciousness on 17 July. Moadh Ghannouchi said his father has high blood pressure and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 27 Jul 2026 16:31 LONDON
Irish police intercept car carrying 'extremely significant' bomb bound for Northern Ireland
Irish police have intercepted a car carrying what the Garda Commissioner described as an "extremely significant" bomb in the Republic of Ireland. The vehicle was stopped on the N2 near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, while it was being driven across the border for an attack in Northern Ireland. Two people have been arrested following the operation, which police said targeted dissident republican activity.Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said officers found an explosive device and later described the seizure as an "extremely significant" one. The stop took place at about 15:00 local time on Wednesday, according to the confirmed account, and the driver... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 24 Jul 2026 13:00 LONDON
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Heatwave worsens prison conditions as Rached Ghannouchi faints in Tunisia
A severe heatwave has intensified conditions at Mornaguia prison in Tunisia, where jailed opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi was seen temporarily losing consciousness during a visit on Tuesday, according to a witness. The account came from Haifa Chebbi, the daughter of imprisoned opposition politician Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, who said she saw the 85-year-old former parliament speaker faint in the stifling heat. She described the prison environment as so extreme that she herself struggled to breathe and walk by the time she left.Chebbi said temperatures inside the facility reached 52C during her visit, while detainees were said to spend most of their... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 23 Jul 2026 05:34 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
