UN commission says Israel deliberately targeted children in Gaza as death toll estimate rises
A United Nations commission of inquiry has said Israeli forces deliberately targeted children in Gaza during the war, deepening a dispute over the conduct of the conflict. The panel said its findings were based on an examination of alleged violations against Palestinian children since the start of the war in October 2023. Israel rejected the report and described the allegation as a defamatory farce.The commission said about 30% of the 73,000 people it said were killed in the war were children, or a little more than 20,000 in absolute terms. It said the evidence showed Palestinian children were deliberately targeted... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 23 Jun 2026 15:01 LONDON
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US to end South Africa HIV funding over Afrikaner persecution claims
The United States says it will stop funding HIV and AIDS programmes in South Africa, in a move tied to allegations that Pretoria has failed to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community. The decision affects support that has been central to South Africa's response to HIV, a virus that still affects more than eight million people in the country. South Africa's health ministry said it had not been informed of the move and said it had long been working on a self-reliance plan.The funding had been provided through the President's Emergency Fund for Aids Relief, known as Pepfar, at an estimated... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Jun 2026 18:32 LONDON
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
