Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 30th of January, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, is expected to travel to Miami on Saturday (31 January) for meetings with members of Donald Trump’s administration, two sources familiar with the plans said. Dmitriev, Russia’s envoy for foreign investment and economic cooperation, is set to hold discussions with U.S. officials, though the participants were not identified.
The U.S. State Department has approved potential foreign military sales to Israel worth about $6.52 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday. The largest share of the package is a proposed $3.8 billion sale of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equipment, with Boeing and Lockheed Martin named as the main contractors, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia earned more than $15 billion from defence exports in 2025 and fulfilled all military-technical contracts despite what he described as mounting Western pressure. Speaking at a meeting of Russia’s commission on military-technical cooperation in Moscow on Friday, Putin said Russian military products were supplied to more than 30 countries last year, with foreign currency earnings exceeding $15 billion.
The U.S. military has warned it will not tolerate “unsafe” actions by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as Tehran announced plans to hold live-fire naval exercises next week in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route. U.S. Central Command said it expects the drills to be conducted safely and professionally and without threatening international maritime traffic. Actions such as low-altitude overflights, close or high-speed approaches to U.S. vessels, or weapons being trained on U.S. forces will not be tolerated, CENTCOM added.
Lebanon plans to transfer more than 300 Syrian prisoners to Syria under a bilateral agreement between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said on Friday. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting in Baabda, Mitri said ministers approved a deal allowing convicted Syrian inmates to serve the remainder of their sentences in Syria. The agreement applies to prisoners who have spent more than 10 years in Lebanese jails, a period he said is equivalent to around seven years of effective imprisonment.
U.S. President Donald Trump said there was an "all-day negotiation" on Tuesday with Iran, characterising the talks positively while also threatening t...
Iran says it is holding “positive” talks with Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic, while an official source familiar with t...
Top Arab and Muslim foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Amman on Wednesday to establish a mechanism to document alleged Israeli violations in Jer...
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Tehran had made plans to strike sites in Ukraine after Kyiv attacked an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea, a senior Iranian military adviser has said. Iran refrained from taking action after Kyiv said the strike was a mistake, Mohsen Rezaei told the state IRIB TV channel.
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U.S. data analytics firm Palantir Technologies has reported a 93 per cent year-on-year jump in second-quarter revenue, even as the company faces continued criticism over its work with Israel's military and allegations linking its technology to the war in Gaza.a.
Türkiye's ruling alliance has submitted draft legislation to parliament aimed at advancing the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The proposed law includes legal protections for many former militants and suspended prison sentences for some convicted members.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the country's ambassadors to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and several other countries. The removals came after a speech on Monday in which he said embassies would be judged on their effectiveness in securing weapons for Ukraine.
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have begun implementing a landmark 2022 border agreement, launching a land exchange to complete the demarcation of their shared frontier and pave the way for new infrastructure projects.
A new Ebola treatment centre is due to open this week in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as authorities battle the country's largest and fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record. Officials hope the new facility will ease pressure on an overstretched healthcare system.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current positions in Gaza until Hamas is fully disarmed, casting further doubt on a U.S.-backed proposal aimed at ending the war.
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