Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 22nd of April, covering the latest developments you need to know.
U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for negotiations, while keeping the naval blockade in place. Tehran has reacted sceptically, calling the move a tactical delay and warning it could be a prelude to further escalation.
Uncertainty surrounds planned talks in Pakistan as Iran questions U.S. intentions and continues to oppose negotiations under pressure. The blockade remains a key sticking point, with no confirmation that Tehran will join the next round of discussions.
Military planners from more than 30 countries are meeting in London to develop plans for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The proposed multinational mission aims to secure global shipping routes once conditions stabilise.
Lebanon is engaging France to strengthen its position before possible negotiations with Israel in Washington. Concerns remain over Beirut’s negotiating leverage and the risk of renewed tensions if talks fail.
The European Union is preparing emergency measures to manage rising energy costs linked to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Plans include tax adjustments and coordinated gas storage strategies to avoid a repeat of the 2022 energy crisis.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschk...
Iran said it destroyed a U.S. naval drone at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, while Washington announced sanctions targeting Iran-backed Katai...
Sixty parents in Indonesia have filed a police complaint after their children fell ill from free meals handed out under a flagship government progr...
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, explosions were heard across parts of southern Iran according to local media reports.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton has warned against rushing to develop artificial superintelligence, arguing that scientists still do not know how to ensure systems more capable than humans remain safe and under control.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on Telegram. In Russia, online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in the region.
Sixty parents in Indonesia have filed a police complaint after their children fell ill from free meals handed out under a flagship government programme. It is the first legal challenge against President Prabowo Subianto's signature policy.
Europe's space industry gathered in Paris this week for a landmark summit. But the event has been overshadowed by reports that Washington leaned on major U.S. firms to stay away.
Several people have died and a number of others have been injured after a coach carrying Dutch tourists overturned on a mountain road in eastern Switzerland, police have said.
The attacks of 11 September 2001 killed 2,977 people and reshaped U.S. national security and foreign policy. Nineteen terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial aircraft in a coordinated operation in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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