Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 21st of April, covering the latest developments you need to know
Pakistan says it is receiving positive signals from Tehran ahead of a potential new round of U.S.–Iran talks in Islamabad. Reports suggest Vice President JD Vance may travel to Pakistan, highlighting renewed diplomatic momentum.
The future of peace talks remains unclear as the two-week ceasefire approaches its expiry, with Iran yet to confirm participation. Tehran cites U.S. ceasefire violations and the ongoing blockade as key obstacles, while oil markets react to rising uncertainty.
Washington says the Iranian-flagged ship seized in the Gulf of Oman was likely carrying dual-use cargo with potential military applications. Iran has condemned the action as unlawful and warned of consequences, further escalating tensions.
Israeli strikes have killed civilians in Gaza according to the Health Ministry in the Strip, as clashes between Hamas and Israeli-backed militias intensify. The ongoing violence underscores the fragility of the existing ceasefire and the difficulty of stabilising the territory.
Japan has announced a sweeping overhaul of its defence export policy, allowing the sale of weapons systems including missiles and warships. The move marks a significant shift from its post-war pacifist stance and aims to strengthen its defence industry amid rising global tensions.
A new study in mice suggests the brain’s protective barrier does more than block harmful substances. It also delivers essential proteins from...
Melting glaciers, recurring droughts and dust storms are putting growing pressure on Central Asia’s water resources, agriculture and public h...
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has backed withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and overhauling the country’s defence...
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and energy high on the agenda. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks focused on peace, trade and regional cooperation.
Iran will not let a single particle of its enriched nuclear material leave the country, and any new U.S. attack would be met with strikes on distant American bases, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has said.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is stepping down amid reports linking him to a woman suspected by U.S. authorities of spying for China, throwing the future of the $4 trillion chipmaker into uncertainty.
Kazakhstan’s security service has arrested Nurlan Zhakupov, CEO of Samruk-Kazyna, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, on suspicion of corruption. Yelzhas Otynshiyev, Chairman of KTZ, Kazakhstan’s national railway firm has also been detained.
Eight people have been killed and at least 17 injured after an apartment building collapsed into a neighbouring construction site in Brooklyn, New York, as rescuers continued searching the rubble for possible survivors.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from acute malnutrition, as worsening drought and funding shortages threaten to deepen the crisis amid the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye.
A consortium of Türkiye’s Limak and Qatar’s HBK Contracting has won an international tender to build and operate a new airport terminal in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, under a 23-year public-private partnership, with the project potentially costing up to $300 million.
Spain’s parliament has approved a government package aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, a day after workers staged the first general strike in 14 years over soaring housing costs.
Here's your AnewZ Technology Daily Brief for the 13th of November. This week, a Microsoft outage hit Australian agencies, Google restricted mapping data in South Korea, a lawsuit targeted advanced AI development, and Nvidia faced a leadership crisis after Jensen Huang's resignation.
Microsoft struggled to restore its services on Friday after a major outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot across the United States and Asia-Pacific region.
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