Heavy sandstorm sweeps Iraq, sending people to hospital with breathing difficulties
A powerful sandstorm has swept across Iraq, affecting cities including Najaf and Baghdad. Hospitals have reported treating people who arrived with breathing difficulties. The incident is a fresh weather-related disruption with immediate public health effects in several major urban areas.The storm was reported on 18 May 2026, with the affected areas including Najaf and the capital, Baghdad. Confirmed details indicate that the dust storm was severe enough to prompt hospital visits for respiratory problems. No official casualty figure was provided in the supplied material, and the scale of the health impact beyond hospital admissions remains unclear.The immediate concern is the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 18 May 2026 22:00 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
