UN warns of hunger risk as Strait of Hormuz blockage disrupts fertiliser flows
Tens of millions of people could face hunger and starvation if fertilisers are not soon allowed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the head of a UN task force set up to avert a humanitarian crisis.Jorge Moreira da Silva, executive director of the United Nations Office for Project Services and leader of the task force, said the waterway has been in a chokehold for months, disrupting trade in fertilisers and related raw materials such as ammonia, sulphur and urea.He said the UN could have a mechanism running within seven days to move supplies, but warned that even if the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 May 2026 11:00 LONDON
Mali fighters burn food trucks as blockade around Bamako continues
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Mali have set fire to food trucks as they continue to blockade roads around the capital, Bamako.The incident is cutting off supply routes and adding to pressure on food deliveries into the city.The latest confirmed report says the fighters burned the trucks while maintaining the road blockade around Bamako.Officials and residents have warned that the disruption is worsening hunger in parts of the country already facing food shortages.The blockade matters because it affects access to basic supplies for the capital and surrounding areas.Any prolonged interruption to road transport can quickly deepen shortages, especially where food insecurity is... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 06 May 2026 21:30 LONDON
The Mirage of the Umbrella: The Shifting Sands of the U.S.-Israel-GCC Alliance
As I sat in a recent debate at the historic Carlton Club in London, listening to Faisal Abbas, the Editor-in-Chief of Arab News, I felt a tangible shift in the room, not because a new fact had been revealed, but because an old illusion had finally lost its last breath. The old-world order has not merely changed, it has evaporated, leaving the Gulf to realize it is no longer watching a distant fire from the safety of marble towers and air-conditioned ministries, but is instead standing directly inside the smoke. The GCC today is caught in a lethal crossfire between... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 29 Apr 2026 21:40 LONDON
