Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 22nd May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
As talks between Tehran and Washington, aimed at bringing about an end to the conflict between the two nations, continue, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has ordered that the country’s enriched uranium mustn’t be sent abroad. The directive marks a tightening of Tehran’s negotiating position.
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, has denied that the country will join Russia’s war with Ukraine, while stressing that Minsk and Moscow will jointly respond to any aggression. His comments follow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's warning that Belarus could be pulled into the conflict by Russia.
A memorial event was held at a school in Minab, southern Iran where 168 school children were killed during a missile strike on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. According to Reuters, an initial, internal, U.S. military investigation showed American forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike. U.S. military officials have publicly said the school was located on an active Iranian cruise missile base.
A French court has imposed the maximum €225,000 ($261,720) fine on Airbus and Air France for corporate manslaughter in relation to a 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash, in which 228 people were killed. The two companies said they would challenge the decision in France’s highest court. A civil aviation investigation previously attributed the crash to pilot error, but others have accused the manufacturer and airline of poor training.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called it “a disgrace” that Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. Attacks are continui...
The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It com...
Iran says it is progressing with the reconstruction of civilian areas, including residential and industrial units, that were bombed in Israeli-U.S....
The Saudi-led coalition said early Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone over Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for the recent drone and missile strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh and at King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, vowing to carry out more attacks in the coming days.
Ukraine's soldiers have had their access to Starlink satellite internet restricted. Kyiv's troops use the terminals, made by Elon Musk's SpaceX, to pilot drones. A source in Ukraine's Defence Ministry said the restrictions would make it harder for Kyiv's army to down Russian drones.
The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It comes after a deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 people last week.
Ukraine is set to restart attacks on Russian oil refineries following a two-day pause, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid growing tensions with Washington over energy strikes and U.S. military support.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called it “a disgrace” that Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. Attacks are continuing from Russia and Ukraine as media reports say Ukraine has almost run out of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Students, lecturers and university staff marched on Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand President Javier Milei’s government implement a university funding law which would boost staff salaries and increase financial support to institutions to cover operating costs
A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon in the United States, killing four people, including three children, before being killed by an armed member of the community who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said.
France is preparing for a fresh wave of nationwide demonstrations this weekend as rising living costs, education concerns and growing political tensions converge into one of the most significant protest movements seen in the country in recent years.
British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has called for closer cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States, arguing that the transatlantic partnership remains essential to addressing modern security challenges and maintaining stability across Europe.
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