Day News Recap: Yemen fighting and Red Sea tensions deepen as world marks 9/11 anniversary
Yemen saw the sharpest escalation, with more than 900 people killed or injured in less than a week of renewed fighting and at least 5,000 families forced from their homes as civilians fled Taiz. đź”—The conflict around the Red Sea and Bab al Mandab also intensified, with Houthi forces reported to have seized Perim Island and Mokha, tightened their grip on the shipping lane, and advanced across Yemen's Tihamah coast. đź”— đź”— đź”—That pressure on maritime routes was echoed by the United States, which began telling oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to travel at specific times if they... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 12 Sep 2026 18:21 LONDON
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At least seven killed in prison fire and riot in Kobane, northern Syria
At least seven inmates have been killed after a fire broke out at a prison in Kobane, a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria. The blaze followed a riot inside the jail, according to state media reports, and others were injured in the incident. The cause of the fire has not yet been officially confirmed.State-run reports said the unrest began after tensions in the town escalated on Friday, following protests over the killing of a former Kurdish fighter. Dozens of people were reported injured, burned or suffocated after the riot and fire. The prison is still administered by Kurdish authorities... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Sep 2026 17:35 LONDON
Trump Promises $5,000 "Dividend" to All U.S. Adults, Tied to Economic Gains
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social at 11 September 2026 at 20:08 BST: "The $5, 000 Trump Dividend, given to all Adults in the United States due to the fact that our Country is taking in Trillions of Dollars of Economic Development, Investment, and Pure SUCCESS, is being criticized by "Dumocrats" who are hoping that it never happens, But it will! As an example, the Dumocrats said THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, one of the largest ever approved by Congress, or signed into Law by a President happened, despite the Dumocrats saying it would be impossible to get approved,... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 20:30 LONDON
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced as court hands down prison terms
A Hong Kong court has sentenced three prominent activists to prison terms of up to seven years over their roles in organising annual vigils for the victims of the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The ruling was delivered on Friday in a case that has intensified scrutiny of the city's national security law and its impact on political expression. The defendants are Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho, all of whom were linked to the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.Lee, 69, and Chow, 41, were each sentenced to seven years in... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 13:31 LONDON
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UK home secretary orders tougher police response after anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has told police chiefs to use all powers necessary after anti-migrant protests caused disruption in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend. She said officers must move quickly and effectively against groups she described as seeking to intimidate communities. The Home Office said the demonstrations amounted to unacceptable disorder.The meeting took place on Thursday, when Mahmood asked for reassurance that police plans were in place for a stronger response. According to the account of the meeting, she said there was a fear factor because some protesters were dressed in black and wearing balaclavas. She also said the scenes... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 10 Sep 2026 18:00 LONDON
UK condemns Portsmouth anti-migrant protest blocking asylum seeker transport
The UK government has condemned a protest in Portsmouth after hundreds of demonstrators blocked roads and said they wanted to stop asylum seekers leaving the southern English city. The demonstration took place on Sunday night and followed a separate anti-migrant protest at the Port of Dover over the weekend. Police officers wearing riot shields were seen forming a cordon around buses carrying the asylum seekers.A spokesperson for the Home Office described the behaviour as "intimidating and thuggish" and said the right to peaceful protest must not cross into disorder. Social media footage showed many of the demonstrators dressed in black... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 07 Sep 2026 11:05 LONDON
The Unspoken Stats: Who is Raping Europe?
Answering this question requires a direct look at the empirical data so, below is the comprehensive, data-verified draft for my article, formatted to analyse the relationship between immigration demographics and police-recorded sexual offense figures across Europe. Data vs. Perception: An Asymmetric Analysis of Migration and Sexual Offence Statistics in Europe While my primary field of research is rooted in macro-geopolitics, the responsibilities of independent journalism often demand transitioning from international balance-of-power metrics to domestic social realities. A recent high-profile criminal incident in England involving the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by four Afghani nationals where one of them is... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 16 Jun 2026 20:09 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
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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
