Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 11th of January, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Iran has intensified its security crackdown on ongoing nationwide protests, with reports of dozens of deaths and thousands of arrests. Rights groups confirm at least 65 fatalities, including protesters and security forces. The protests, initially sparked by soaring inflation, have evolved into political demands, calling for the end of clerical rule. The Revolutionary Guards have been deployed, and authorities have accused foreign powers, including the U.S. and Israel, of inciting unrest. International condemnation has increased, with the U.S. and European nations urging restraint.
The U.S. Central Command released videos on 10 January showing jets preparing and conducting multiple airstrikes in Syria, targeting the Islamic State (ISIS). These recent strikes followed the 13 December attack in which two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed by ISIS militants. CENTCOM did not specify casualties from the latest strikes, and the Pentagon has yet to provide further details.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Minneapolis on 10 January, condemning the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. Civil liberties groups have accused ICE of using unjustified lethal force, while the Trump administration claims the agent acted in self-defence. Protests also took place in several U.S. cities, with demonstrators calling for an end to ICE and justice for Good. The incident has intensified tensions between Minnesota's Democratic leaders and the federal government, with local law enforcement launching their own investigation into the shooting.
China, Russia, and Iran have begun a week-long naval exercise off the coast of South Africa, aimed at ensuring the safety of shipping routes and enhancing maritime cooperation. The drills, titled "Exercise WILL FOR PEACE 2026," are being held amid strained relations between these countries and the U.S. The expanded BRICS bloc, which includes China, Russia, South Africa, and several other nations, has increasingly coordinated on political and security issues, drawing criticism from U.S. officials. However, South Africa's government stressed that the exercise is non-political and focused on improving naval capabilities, despite domestic criticism over the country's neutrality.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has rejected a maritime boundaries agreement between Türkiye and ...
Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on Friday as part of efforts to reach a deal between the U.S. and Iran, ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his country to achieve “absolute superiority” in drone technology while attending an exhibition a...
Despite losing his bloc's majority in Israel's 120-seat Knesset in a hotly contested election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to remain in the lead after 70 per cent of votes were tallied on Wednesday. Figures are subject to change as counting continues.
The Middle East conflict remains tense as diplomatic efforts continue alongside renewed Houthi attacks. Iran says it remains open to mediation, while the Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a ballistic missile fired towards the kingdom.
Rescuers searched the wreckage of two high-speed trains in central Spain on Thursday as the death toll rose to a provisional 74, making it the country's second fatal high-speed rail disaster this year.
Strengthened U.S.-Central Asia ties reflect a broader trend in international relations, with growing emphasis on developing alternative transit routes and diversifying energy and critical mineral supply networks to gain geopolitical influence.
At least 68 people have been killed after two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Wednesday, in the second deadly rail disaster in less than a year on a major route linking Madrid with the southern Andalusia region.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has rejected a maritime boundaries agreement between Türkiye and Libya’s eastern parliament as “blatantly illegal, null and void, saying it ignored Greece’s islands and the realities of geography.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his country to achieve “absolute superiority” in drone technology while attending an exhibition and demonstration of unmanned aerial systems, state media KCNA reported on Friday, 29 October.
A tanker carrying the first Russian diesel shipped under a surprise agreement between Moscow and U.S. President Donald Trump is heading towards the North Atlantic. However, it remains uncertain whether the fuel will end up in the U.S.
The Pentagon has taken personnel action following an investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of classified information and has referred the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for possible legal action, according to a statement from the Defense Department.
Former Salvadoran president Elias Antonio “Tony” Saca was released from prison on Thursday after completing a reduced sentence for corruption, marking the end of one of the most high-profile political corruption cases in the country's history.
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