Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 20th May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Policymakers and experts head to the fourth day of the World Urban Forum 13 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Wednesday will see events looking at low-carbon building, how to give public spaces a facelift and affordable housing financing options. The fourth day of the United Nations will take place from 08:00 local time (02:44 GMT) until 17:30 local time (13:30 GMT) at Baku Olympic Stadium.
The Russian government is considering working on joint projects with the U.S. and China, Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has said. Dmitriev is a special envoy to Putin and a key figure in negotiations between Moscow and Washington. The remarks come as Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day state visit to Beijing.
A pair of Chinese oil tankers left the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday (20 May). The development came as U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance made comments suggesting that talks with Tehran, aimed at bringing about an end to the U.S. war with Iran, were going well. The sea passage has effectively been closed to shipping since the start of the conflict at the end of February.
Marco Rubio will head to Sweden for talks with foreign ministers from the NATO alliance. The meeting in the Swedish coastal city of Helsingborg on Friday (22 May) is expected to focus on increasing defence spending among members of the alliance. U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised European allies for not spending enough on defence.
Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice have said that investigators have found “anti-Islamic writings” inside a car linked to a deadly shooting at a Mosque in the city of San Diego. Three people were killed in the attack on Monday (18 May) at the Islamic Centre of San Diego. The suspects have been identified as 18-year-old Caleb Vasquez and 17-year-old Cain Clark.
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said...
Georgia could gain a direct electricity link to Europe under plans for a new overland energy corridor connecting Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye ...
Türkiye has unveiled plans for joint military exercises and defence production with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan under a new security pact that i...
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Iran and Afghanistan are seeking closer cooperation in agriculture, livestock and irrigation during a three-day Iranian ministerial visit to Kabul, as both sides look to strengthen trade and rural economies.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine in July, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted transport and cut power to 20,000 homes.
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Ukraine’s attacks on Russian ports, refineries and shipping infrastructure are putting Moscow’s energy exports under growing pressure and disrupting key trade routes, raising concerns over commercial shipping and global food supplies.
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