DP World to invest $288 million in multimodal logistics hub in Tashkent
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) logistics operator DP World has announced plans to build a $288 million multimodal logistics hub in Tashkent. The proje...
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for 17th July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. Israel strikes Syrian defence ministry, cites protection of Druze minority
Israel has struck Syria’s defence ministry in Damascus, claiming to protect the Druze minority as clashes escalated in Sweida.
Drone strikes wounded civilians and forced officials into shelter, while a fragile ceasefire quickly collapsed.
2. China hosts SCO foreign ministers meeting as Tianjin prepares for summit
Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization met in Tianjin to prepare for the upcoming summit, with China emphasising unity amid global turbulence.
President Xi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged members to uphold the SCO’s founding mission and deepen regional cooperation.
3. Türkiye's President Erdoğan welcomes counterpart from United Arab Emirates
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially welcomed UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. Following the ceremony, the two leaders held bilateral discussions addressing key regional and global developments.
4. Brazil urges trade talks with U.S. after Trump tariff hike
Brazil urged the U.S. to respond to its May trade proposal, warning that the planned 50% tariff hike would severely harm both economies.
The appeal follows a U.S. investigation into Brazil’s trade practices, which Brazilian officials say lacks strong justification.
5. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Turkmenistan's Halk Maslahaty Chairman Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a one-on-one meeting with Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Baku. The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepening strategic ties based on historical friendship, regional cooperation, and shared development goals.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for their pioneering research on innovation, technological change and long-term economic growth.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has arrived in Kyiv for high-level talks on military aid, energy infrastructure, and Russian accountability amid intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on 13 October he would continue to serve to ensure stability in the country, ignoring repeated calls by the opposition for him to resign durng France's worst political crisis in decades.
Madagascar's presidency said on 12 October that an attempt to grab power by force was under way as more soldiers threw their support behind a youth-led protest movement that has rocked the African island nation for more than two weeks.
The French presidency announced Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's new cabinet line-up on 12 October, with most top jobs remaining unchanged at a time when opponents are demanding a political shift to win their support for urgent budget talks.
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