Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 14th of May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The war involving the U.S., Israel and Iran is set to dominate President Donald Trump's visit to China with Tehran warning Gulf states against cooperating with Israel or Washington. South Korea official believes that Iran is likely behind the attack on one of its ships. Several oil tankers have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and Hezbollah and Israel continue targeting each other during a ceasefire, with both sides blaming each other of violations.
With peace talks stalled and the global economic cost of the conflict increasing, Trump is expected to seek China's support to help end the Iran war. However diplomatic negotiations remain deadlocked over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Strait of Hormuz and demands linked to Lebanon. Rising oil prices, inflation and fears of broader geopolitical instability are adding pressure on Washington as the conflict continues without a breakthrough.
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Donald Trump to Beijing by stressing the importance of stable U.S.–China relations and signalling progress in ongoing trade negotiations. While both sides are discussing tariffs, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and rare earths, the summit is also heavily shaped by tensions over Iran and Taiwan, with analysts describing it as one of the most consequential U.S.–China meetings in years.
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight, striking Kyiv and several other regions, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure, and injuring dozens of civilians. Ukrainian officials said the barrage was among the most intense since the start of the full-scale invasion, with heavy fighting continuing along the front line and NATO countries responding to security risks near their borders.
Families of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Georgia say every delay in approving treatment causes irreversible damage, as the disease permanently destroys muscle tissue over time. Parents protesting in Tbilisi are demanding urgent access to internationally approved therapies and warn they may take the case to the European Court of Human Rights if the government fails to act.
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions&nb...
Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on transit arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will remain closed until the U.S...
A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five other people injured, some seriously, after shots were fired at a rave in Aarau, northern Switzerland,...
Iran is setting conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions. At the same time, Washington is stepping up economic pressure on Tehran through what the White House calls “Operation Economic Outcast.”
Mail sorting centres used by Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, were destroyed in Russian strikes overnight, the firm said. Elsewhere, four people were injured after drones struck an apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused U.S. government and Israel-aligned actors of manipulating energy markets to promote the war with Iran.
Russian strikes on the Kyiv region overnight killed 37 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Zelenskyy added that the Ukrainian capital was under "virtually nonstop attack" from drones.
Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on transit arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will remain closed until the U.S. fulfils its commitments, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Saturday.
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months.
Icelanders have voted to stay outside the European Union, rejecting a government-backed proposal to reopen membership negotiations and keeping the country’s long-running debate over EU membership unresolved, according to the latest counting figures.
A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five other people injured, some seriously, after shots were fired at a rave in Aarau, northern Switzerland, police said on Sunday.
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet rose to 750 on Sunday, with 3,044 people still missing, as fresh rainfall pushed up river levels and forced rescuers to move to higher ground.
Groundwater has fallen by as much as 150 to 200 metres in some parts of Kabul, according to a senior water official, as families in Afghanistan’s capital struggle with dry wells and increasingly unreliable supplies.
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