Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 23rd May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a NATO foreign ministers’ summit in Sweden that peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran were making “progress.” However, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, quoted by state media, said differences between the two sides remained “deep and significant.” The conflicting messages came as mediators from Pakistan and Qatar arrived in Tehran, with talks expected to continue this weekend.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the risk of a widening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated to “very high” at the national level. Health authorities are racing to contain transmission of the Bundibugyo strain, which currently has no approved vaccine or specific treatment.
At least 90 miners have died in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China. Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered authorities to launch an investigation into the incident.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the military to prepare a retaliatory response after Moscow said six people, including children, were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on a student dormitory. Kyiv denied targeting a dormitory and dismissed the accusation as “manipulation.”
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has carried out a largely successful test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket. The uncrewed rocket lifted off from Texas on Friday at 17:30 local time, 22:30 GMT, before splashing down in the Indian Ocean around an hour later. The mission came just days after reports that the company was planning a record-breaking $1.75 trillion stock market listing.
Saudi Arabia said its overnight strikes on Iran-backed group targets in Iraq were carried out in self-defence and warned it would take further militar...
A fire involving two gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port has prompted conflicting reports over whether the incident was caused by a drone strike or a...
Pakistan has declared hepatitis C a national emergency and launched a nationwide campaign to screen more than 164 million people, as it steps up effor...
French DJ and electropop musician Kavinsky, whose atmospheric sound shaped a generation of electronic music fans, has died at the age of 50, French authorities said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia said its overnight strikes on Iran-backed group targets in Iraq were carried out in self-defence and warned it would take further military action if the groups launched new attacks against the kingdom.
Yemen warned the Houthis were seeking to replicate Iran's Strait of Hormuz strategy in the Red Sea, as U.S. President Donald Trump said there was a "good chance" of a deal with Tehran but warned strikes could resume if talks failed.
Moscow should stop linking Russia-Armenia relations to Azerbaijan, Baku's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada has said, after Russia again raised the Collective Security Treaty Organisation's role during the former Garabagh conflict.
Pakistani businesses are warning that growing difficulties in obtaining United Arab Emirates (UAE) visas are disrupting trade, delaying investment and limiting access to a key export market, despite both Islamabad and Abu Dhabi saying there is no official visa ban.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted three tankers and stopped them in Iran's southern waters early on Wednesday. It also announced a ballistic missile attack on two U.S. bases in Jordan.
On 29 July, AnewZ's Daybreak focused on meetings involving Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Benjamin Netanyahu, escalating tensions in the Middle East following U.S. military action, and the funeral of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham.
The European Union has added Russian energy company Inter RAO to its latest sanctions package, raising questions over the future of Georgia's power sector. The move could have implications for electricity supplies in Tbilisi because of the company's indirect ownership of key energy assets.
Russia’s largest retailer Wildberries has begun searching for warehouse space in Kazakhstan, Moscow’s Kommersant newspaper has reported, citing sources in the real estate market. It comes after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged around 10 per cent of the online marketplace's logistics hubs in Russia.
Yerevan has seen a surge in Russians seeking apartments ahead of Moscow's parliamentary elections in September and amid rumours of mass mobilisation, Russian-language publication Verstka has reported, citing anecdotal evidence from local estate agents.
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