Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 1 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The U.S. said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that it had targeted a U.S. base in response. The U.S. Central Command said in a post on X that the strikes on Iran’s Gulf coast were carried out after “aggressive Iranian actions,” including the downing of a U.S. MQ-1 drone operating over international waters. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted an air base used by U.S. forces in response to an attack on southern Iran.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on diplomatic efforts between Israel and Lebanon. A U.S. official said Rubio proposed a plan aimed at enabling “gradual de-escalation.” Under the proposal, as a first step, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group would halt attacks on Israel, while Israel would refrain from escalating strikes in Beirut, the official said.
Colombia’s De La Espriella and Cepeda advance to presidential runoff
Colombian right-wing outsider Abelardo De La Espriella is set to face leftist Ivan Cepeda in a presidential runoff, according to initial voting results released on Sunday. De La Espriella received 43.7% of the vote, while Cepeda, a long-time senator and activist, won just under 41%, the data showed - a difference of around 668,000 votes. De La Espriella, who has never held elected office, has drawn comparisons with El Salvador's Nayib Bukele over his style and policy proposals.
Ebola recoveries in DRC offer hope as suspected cases appear outside Africa
Four nurses and a lab worker treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain have recovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offering a rare sign of hope amid the outbreak. The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country has risen to 282, with 42 deaths, after 19 new positive test results were recorded, according to data distributed by the communications ministry. Suspected cases are also being investigated outside Africa.
Ukrainian drones struck targets across several Russian regions overnight, including an oil pipeline pumping station, a refinery and a fuel depot, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. Ukraine's General Staff said it had struck the Saratov oil refinery on the Volga river. Saratov regional governor Roman Busargin said on Telegram that "civil infrastructure" had been damaged in the strike, but gave no further details. Russia's Defence Ministry said it had downed 216 drones overnight.
Russia and Ukraine have begun a regional ceasefire to allow the start of a humanitarian effort in the Russian-occu...
Iran says a “new and positive atmosphere” has emerged following rare security talks in Tehran with senior officials from Pakistan, Saud...
The first day of the seventh World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue wrapped up in Baku on Tuesday (27 October), with President Ilham Aliyev highligh...
Russia and Ukraine have begun a regional ceasefire to allow the start of a humanitarian effort in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, both sides said on Tuesday, but they continue strikes elsewhere, including the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat after a student-led protest movement took the majority of seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections.
Russian strikes hit several parts of Ukraine overnight, injuring at least six people and targeting energy and port infrastructure, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. warnings about imminent Russian ballistic missile attacks had resumed.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council says senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye will travel to Tehran to discuss regional security.
Nearly two years after the 20 October 2024 parliamentary elections, Iraq’s Kurdistan Region remains without a cabinet. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) won 39 of 100 seats and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) 23, leaving neither able to govern alone.
Russia and Ukraine have begun a regional ceasefire to allow the start of a humanitarian effort in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, both sides said on Tuesday, but they continue strikes elsewhere, including the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged gas producers to boost global supplies and invest in infrastructure, while signalling potential energy cooperation with U.S. partners during a major gas summit in Moscow on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people rallied in Paris on Monday (26 October) against racism and the far right following a deadly shooting last week that authorities have described as “terrorist and racist”.
UK prosecutors have charged two men over an incident in September at RAF Fairford, a Royal Air Force base in south-west England used by U.S. forces. British counter-terrorism police said the pair are suspected of assisting Iran.
Thousands of people along India's eastern coast have been evacuated to safety, and some train services have been cancelled, one day before a severe cyclone was scheduled to make landfall, bringing gusting winds and heavy rain.
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