Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 5th of February, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Qatari authorities have begun evacuating residents living near the U.S. Embassy in Doha as a precautionary measure, providing temporary accommodation for those displaced. The move follows a series of drone attacks targeting U.S. diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Dubai earlier this week, prompting the U.S. State Department to issue urgent warnings for American citizens to leave the region immediately, despite widespread commercial flight cancellations and airspace closures.
Millions of Israelis were sent scrambling into bomb shelters early Thursday as Iran launched a new wave of missile strikes, marking the sixth day of the widening U.S.-Israel conflict with Tehran. The escalation comes just hours after U.S. Republican senators successfully blocked a procedural motion that would have required President Donald Trump to seek congressional authorisation for the ongoing air campaign, leaving his war powers largely unchecked as the conflict spills over into new theatres, including the sinking of an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka and the interception of a ballistic missile over Türkiye.
The White House has clarified that deploying American ground forces into Iran is not currently part of the military strategy, as the U.S.-led air campaign continues to strike deep into Iranian territory. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that while options remain flexible, the current focus is on establishing "complete and total control" of Iranian airspace, with the Pentagon reporting a sharp 86% decrease in retaliatory ballistic missile launches from Tehran, allowing U.S. forces to progressively expand their strikes further inland.
The Israeli military has issued its widest evacuation order yet for southern Lebanon, instructing residents across an area comprising 8% of Lebanese territory to immediately relocate north of the Litani River. The directive follows intense cross-border hostilities with Hezbollah, which has fired drones and rockets deep into Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader. As Israeli troops advance into at least nine southern Lebanese towns and conduct heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut, the United Nations reports that nearly 60,000 civilians have already fled the escalating violence.
Thirty-two Iranian sailors are recovering in a Sri Lankan hospital after surviving a U.S. submarine torpedo strike that sank their warship, the IRIS Dena, in the Indian Ocean early Wednesday morning. Authorities have recovered 87 bodies from the wreckage, with search and rescue operations ongoing for approximately 60 crew members still unaccounted for. The surprise attack, which occurred hundreds of miles from the primary theatre of conflict in the Gulf, marks a dramatic expansion of the U.S. military campaign, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth describing the strike on the vessel in international waters as a "quiet death".
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Russian authorities said 11 people, including four children, had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately targeting civilians.
The U.S. military said it completed a fresh wave of strikes on Iran late on Thursday, marking the 13th consecutive night of American attacks. The latest operation lasted more than two hours, according to U.S. Central Command.
Six candidates vying to become the next United Nations Secretary-General have called for restoring the organisation's credibility, strengthening multilateralism and reforming the UN, during the first public town hall debate ahead of a decisive Security Council vote next week.
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Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto recently offered the dismissed Ukraine’s Defence Minister, Mykhailo Federov an adviser role in Italy.
More than 16,000 people have been evacuated from their homes to safety in eastern Spain after a fast-moving wildfire in Castellón province spread beyond the capacity of firefighters to contain it.
One person has died and at least 16 others have been injured after a car drove into crowds during Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride celebrations, leading to a major police manhunt. Authorities have released an image of 21-year-old suspect Abdul B, who remains at large.
Venezuela has formally notified the United Nations that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), ending its participation in the Hague-based tribunal as it continues to reject an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in the country.
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More than 700,000 people have been evacuated to safety in southern China after Typhoon Noul made landfall in Guangdong province, bringing destructive winds and urging warnings of torrential rain and flash flooding.
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