U.S. President Donald Trump threatened further attacks on Iran on Saturday (7 March), while the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to shoot down missiles in their airspace. Meanwhile, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would stop attacking its neighbours.
In a post on social media on Saturday (7 March), the U.S. President said Iran would be “hit very hard” today, adding that he was contemplating widening “the areas and groups of people” targeted.
Later at a press conference in Miami, Florida, President Trump said the U.S. had destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships in three days.
According to the Azerbaijani State Security Service, the terror plots targeted the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, a leader of the Mountain Jews religious community and the “Ashkenazi” synagogue.
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to shoot down missiles and drones in their airspace on Saturday. Riyadh said it shot down ballistic missiles heading towards an air base and drones going in the direction of a major oil field.
On the same day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country had suspended strikes on neighbouring countries, except where attacks on Iran came from those nations.
Diplomats from Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Tabriz safely crossed into Azerbaijan through the Astara border crossing in the early hours between Friday (6 March) and Saturday (7 March).
Overnight Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed 16 people, while Hezbollah ordered the around 20,000 residents of Kiryat Shmona in Israel near the border with Lebanon to evacuate immediately.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said a UN peacekeeping soldier from Ghana was seriously injured in shelling on Friday night.
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and e...
Afghan and Russian businesses signed 15 trade agreements worth $103 million in Kabul on Thursday during a visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Al...
Rising demand for air cargo and expanding international aviation networks are opening up new trade opportunities for Central Asia and the South Cau...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a stark warning at this year's COP31 summit, saying the climate crisis iss advancing faster than governments' efforts to contain it.
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and energy high on the agenda. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks focused on peace, trade and regional cooperation.
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 11 November. Today, we cover Russia-Ukraine peace talks, political tensions in Washington, strikes in Spain, espionage allegations involving Nvidia's CEO, and climate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye.
Four million workers across Spain joined a general strike on Wednesday over the country’s deepening housing crisis, unions said, bringing disruption to factories, ports, shops and public transport just weeks before a snap general election.
Iran has unveiled a new underground missile and drone base, warning that it will respond forcefully to any attack, as tensions persist with the U.S. and oil tankers continue to be struck by naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Afghan and Russian businesses signed 15 trade agreements worth $103 million in Kabul on Thursday during a visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Afghanistan’s government said.
Rising demand for air cargo and expanding international aviation networks are opening up new trade opportunities for Central Asia and the South Caucasus, as countries invest in airports and strengthen their roles in global supply chains.
Kazakhstan’s security service has arrested Nurlan Zhakupov, CEO of Samruk-Kazyna, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, on suspicion of corruption. Yelzhas Otynshiyev, Chairman of KTZ, Kazakhstan’s national railway firm has also been detained.
An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza has killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and wounded 20 others, according to Gaza’s civil defence service.
The competitiveness of international trade depends on how efficiently goods move across borders. These issues are in focus at the 22nd International Exhibition of Transport and Logistics – TransLogistica Uzbekistan 2026, taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 10 to 12 November.
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