Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 15th of August, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 15th of August, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska
This meeting, the first between the two leaders since Trump returned to office in January, aims to discuss ending the 43-month-old war in Ukraine. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participated in a virtual summit on 14 August, with Trump warning of "severe consequences" if Putin doesn't agree to a ceasefire.
Taliban deny claims in U.S. report and say they do not divert aid sent to Afghanistan
Aid agencies say more than half of Afghanistan’s population, roughly 23 million people, need humanitarian assistance.
The Taliban denied using force to divert international aid in Afghanistan on Thursday, responding to a US watchdog report that said authorities used "every means at their disposal, including force," to ensure that aid goes where they want it to.
Flash flood kills dozens in Himalayan village
At least 56 people were killed and around 150 injured when torrents of floodwater struck a remote Himalayan mountain village in Kashmir on Thursday — the second deadly flooding disaster in the region this month.
Local authorities reported a sudden "cloudburst" near the village of Chositi in the Kishtwar district, where over 100 Hindu pilgrims were resting en route to the nearby Machail Mata shrine.
Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender
Japan has commemorated 80 years since its surrender in World War II with a Tokyo memorial attended by Emperor Naruhito, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged the nation would never again go to war.
The ceremony at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan arena on Friday brought together about 3,400 bereaved family members to honour those killed in the conflict. Empress Masako joined the emperor in leading tributes, while Prime Minister Ishiba, marking his first wartime anniversary since taking office last year, renewed Japan’s post-war commitment to peace.
Operations at several energy facilities in Saudi Arabia were suspended on Tuesday after attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces injured more than 70 ...
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at leas...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a €200 million (...
At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, 6 September, local officials said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States must recognise that the “rules of the game” in its war against Iran had changed “before it is too late”, a day after Washington struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
Indonesia has reopened Jakarta's main airport and four others after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau forced widespread flight cancellations, though fresh eruptions have kept authorities on alert.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a €200 million ($232 million) deal with Greenland, called the Global Gateway Partnership Package, aimed at strengthening the EU-Greenland partnership, amid growing U.S. interest in the Arctic island.
Britain is set to ban trade in goods and some services from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as the government steps up efforts to protect the prospects of a two-state solution.
Female employees at the Eiffel Tower were asked to leave their workstations and step out of sight during a private visit by a Hindu religious delegation, prompting a staff protest and an investigation by Paris authorities.
Fresh off President Xi Jinping's state visit to Kyrgyzstan, project officials have announced the successful drilling of a key tunnel along the long-stalled China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway, making it the first construction milestone for a flagship Belt and Road project.
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