Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 1st of September, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. SCO Summit opens in northern China as leaders prepare to sign Tianjin Declaration
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s 25th summit in Tianjin, unveiling his vision for a new global security and economic order and urging members to harness their “mega-scale market.” The gathering, the largest in the SCO’s history, is expected to adopt the Tianjin Declaration and a long-term development strategy to 2035, with more than 20 agreements covering security, economic cooperation and digital transformation.
2. Ukrainian drone debris causes fire in Kropotkin substation
Falling debris from a downed Ukrainian drone caused a fire at a power substation in Kropotkin, Russia, though officials said it was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported. Air raid alerts were declared across several southern Russian regions overnight, with flights at Saratov and Volgograd airports briefly suspended for safety.
3. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tianjin
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tianjin, where they discussed expanding strategic ties in energy and transport, including delivering Azerbaijani gas to Syria via Türkiye with Qatari support. The talks took place on the sidelines of the SCO summit, the largest in the organisation’s history, where China voiced support for Azerbaijan’s bid for full membership.
4. Severe floods devastate Pakistan, millions displaced
Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 850 people and affected 1.5 million, with swollen rivers inundating over 1,400 villages in Punjab, including parts of Lahore. Thousands of homes and vast areas of farmland have been destroyed, leaving displaced families in temporary camps and raising fears of worsening food prices.
5. Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes southeastern Afghanistan
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan’s Kunar province has killed around 500 people and injured 1,000, with rescuers struggling to reach remote mountainous areas. Hundreds of injured have been taken to hospitals as searches continue in villages of mud and stone homes near the Pakistan border.
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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