Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 7th of February, covering the latest developments you need to know.
At least 31 people were killed when an attacker opened fire at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad before detonating a suicide bomb during Friday prayers. More than 170 people were wounded after security guards confronted the assailant as he attempted to enter the Khadija Tul Kubra Imambargah compound. Officials said the attack was the deadliest of its kind in the capital in more than a decade.
A senior Russian military intelligence official has been taken to hospital after being shot several times in Moscow, in what appears to be another targeted attack on Russia’s military leadership since the start of the war in Ukraine. Investigators said Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence agency, was wounded on Friday.
Storm Leonardo has swept across the Iberian Peninsula, triggering widespread flooding, landslides and major transport disruption in Portugal and Spain. At least one person has been killed and thousands have been forced from their homes as authorities issued urgent warnings. Drone footage from Portugal’s Santarém district shows severe flooding along the Tagus River, prompting a red alert for the river basin and rapid evacuations in low-lying areas amid fears of further flooding.
The United States has accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020, heightening tensions at a critical moment for global arms control. The claim was made at a disarmament conference in Geneva, just days after the final treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals expired. Washington says the allegation underlines the need for a broader arms control framework that includes China alongside existing nuclear powers.
Azerbaijan has summoned Russia’s ambassador in Baku and issued a formal protest over comments made by Russian lawmaker Konstantin Zatulin, in a move that has heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countries. The Foreign Ministry said the protest note was delivered to Ambassador Mikhail Yevdokimov, along with strong objections to the remarks.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are escalating, with Washington ordering a significant military build-up in the region and multiple countries evacu...
Two people were killed and around 40 injured when a tram derailed in central Milan on Friday (27 Februrary), a spokesperson for local firefighters sai...
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), issued a statement on Friday (27 February) calling on Ankara to ...
Colombia’s commerce minister, Diana Marcela Morales, has said she will propose raising tariffs on certain Ecuadorian goods from 30% to 50%, as a tra...
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Friday (27 February) that he had no knowledge of the crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and would not have...
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are escalating, with Washington ordering a significant military build-up in the region and multiple countries evacuating diplomatic staff amid fears of further instability.
Speaking during a closed-door deposition in New York on Thursday (February), former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she did not “recall” ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had “no knowledge of his crimes”.
Pakistan’s declaration of an “open war” with Afghanistan must be understood in the context of months of escalating violence, regional analysts have said, describing the latest developments as a significant shift in the nature of the conflict.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue, offering Tehran’s assistance to facilitate understanding between its eastern neighbours.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are escalating, with Washington ordering a significant military build-up in the region and multiple countries evacuating diplomatic staff amid fears of further instability.
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state has risen to 46, authorities said, with 21 people still reported missing. The storms triggered landslides and widespread flooding, displacing thousands across Juiz de Fora and Uba.
The situation in Cuba was heating up and called for restraint following a deadly incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat off the coast of the Caribbean island, the Kremlin said on Thursday (26 February).
Syria’s economy is showing clear signs of recovery, with economic activity accelerating in recent months, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
Pakistani air strikes hit a weapons depot on the western outskirts of Kabul overnight, triggering hours of secondary explosions that rattled homes across the Afghan capital and left residents fearing further violence.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are escalating, with Washington ordering a significant military build-up in the region and multiple countries evacuating diplomatic staff amid fears of further instability.
Two people were killed and around 40 injured when a tram derailed in central Milan on Friday (27 Februrary), a spokesperson for local firefighters said.
Colombia’s commerce minister, Diana Marcela Morales, has said she will propose raising tariffs on certain Ecuadorian goods from 30% to 50%, as a trade dispute between the neighbouring countries intensifies.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Friday (27 February) that he had no knowledge of the crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and would not have flown on the late convicted sex offender’s plane had he had any inkling of his activities.
Some of Iran's most highly enriched uranium, close to weapons grade, was stored in an underground area of its nuclear site in Isfahan, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report sent to member states on Friday (27 February).
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