Three Latvian climbers die after fall on Mount McKinley
Three Latvian climbers have died after falling on Mount McKinley in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, authorities and a Latvian climbing o...
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.
A group of Azerbaijani civil society organisations has called for increased scrutiny of Swiss building materials giant Holcim, citing court rulings and ongoing investigations linked to its subsidiary Lafarge's activities during the Syrian conflict.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says ongoing conflict, funding pressures and international travel restrictions are complicating efforts to contain a fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Russia and Kazakhstan signed 15 agreements during President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Astana on Thursday (28 May), including deals on Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant and expanded oil cooperation with Russia.
France will become the first country in the European Union to reimburse anti-obesity drugs through its public healthcare system, Health Minister Stéphanie Rist announced on Thursday (28 May).
The trial of a 21-year-old accused of planning an Islamist attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna entered its final day on Thursday (28 May), with a verdict expected later in the evening.
Three Latvian climbers have died after falling on Mount McKinley in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, authorities and a Latvian climbing organisation have said
Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 30 May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Voting has begun in Malta’s parliamentary election, with opinion polls suggesting the ruling Labour Party is on course to win a fourth consecutive term.
The United Nations (UN) added Israel and Russia to a blacklist of parties suspected of committing conflict-related sexual violence on Friday (29 May). The move prompted Israel to announce it would sever ties with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
A Canadian man accused of selling sodium nitrite and suicide-related items online to people in multiple countries pleaded guilty on 29 May to aiding the suicides of 14 people in Ontario, after prosecutors said recent legal rulings made murder charges impossible to pursue.
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