Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 27 May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Israel launched more than 120 air strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding 40, according to Lebanese authorities, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military was expanding operations against Hezbollah. The heavy bombardment further strained a fragile April ceasefire, with Hezbollah responding by targeting Israeli forces and tanks in southern Lebanon amidst growing regional tensions linked to the wider Iran-related conflict.
Iran accused the United States of violating a fragile ceasefire following U.S. strikes near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, while Israel launched more than 120 air strikes across Lebanon, raising fears that efforts to end the conflict could collapse. The renewed violence disrupted negotiations over reopening shipping routes and easing tensions, as oil prices climbed and Iranian officials continued pushing for the release of billions of dollars in frozen assets as part of a preliminary agreement.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan signed a strategic partnership agreement in Yerevan on Tuesday, alongside deals on critical minerals and a proposed transit corridor linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan through southern Armenia. The agreements come less than two weeks before Armenia’s parliamentary elections, as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pursues closer ties with the West amidst Russian warnings that Armenia could lose preferential gas prices if it distances itself from Moscow.
Canada and the Bahamas announced temporary travel restrictions on residents from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan following a worsening Ebola outbreak that the World Health Organization has classified as a global health emergency of international concern. Canada said residents from the three countries would be barred from entry for 90 days starting Wednesday, while the Bahamas introduced immediate 30-day restrictions alongside enhanced health screenings and possible quarantines, despite no Ebola cases being reported in either country.
An AnewZ documentary titled TARGET: Yerevan claims that former International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo was involved in a coordinated influence operation aimed at shaping Armenia’s political landscape ahead of upcoming elections, including efforts to undermine Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The film alleges the existence of a wider network of financiers, lobbyists and diaspora-linked actors conducting social media and political pressure campaigns, though these claims are based on disputed recordings and have not been independently verified.
Ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fell to its lowest level in months on Sunday after Yemen's Houthi movement attacked Saudi oil facilities...
Oil prices have fallen more than six per cent as a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities eased fears of wider supply disruption around the Gulf....
Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned of retaliation, after a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea killed a...
Russian authorities said 11 people, including four children, had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately targeting civilians.
Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its pause on strikes, but Tehran remains sceptical of U.S. intentions, a senior Iranian source told on Sunday.
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto recently offered the dismissed Ukraine’s Defence Minister, Mykhailo Federov an adviser role in Italy.
Marvel Studios used its return to San Diego Comic-Con to reveal several major projects, including a new Ghost Rider film starring Ryan Gosling and the long-awaited Black Panther 3.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington next week as tensions continue to rise across the Middle East.
Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned of retaliation, after a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea killed a sailor on Saturday.
Officials in Russia and Ukraine reported new civilian casualties on Monday after a series of air attacks hit cities on both sides of the war
Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has been given a suspended 18-month prison sentence after being found guilty of violating election law during his 2022 presidential campaign.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 27th of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an interministerial crisis meeting on 26 July as wildfires spread across southwest France, with flames advancing to within 15 kilometres of the city of Bordeaux.
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