Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 7 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Armenia is holding a key parliamentary vote on Sunday that will determine the future of the nation’s policies within and beyond the South Caucasus region. Voting started at 8:00am local time (0400GMT) and will end at 8:00pm at more than 2,000 polling stations across the country. 16 political parties and two political alliances have registered to take part in the election. The parliamentary vote is the country's first regular election since snap elections in 2018 and 2021.
The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for reconstruction and repair costs linked to damage attributed to Iran, according to a source familiar with the matter. The move comes as Tehran carried out additional drone launches following a wave of strikes against Kuwait and Bahrain. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has directed a team to assess costs for damages already inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, the source said, adding that the U.S. will consider using Iranian assets for repairs of any future destruction as well.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said Russian forces struck two civilian search and rescue vessels operating in Ukrainian waters on Saturday, injuring several people. Ukraine reported drone strikes on an oil depot in Ust-Labinsk and a military site near St. Petersburg, which triggered a fire but caused no casualties. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strikes were a response to Russian attacks and targeted key infrastructure and naval assets, with some drones reportedly traveling around 1,000 kilometres.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state, warning that it will not tolerate any threats, state media agency KCNA said. Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea on Monday for a summit, marking his first visit to the North in nearly seven years as Beijing looks to reinforce ties with Pyongyang.
Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens amid displacement and shortages
Gaza is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis, with severe shortages of food, water, shelter and medical care. Hospitals and essential infrastructure remain under extreme strain as conditions deteriorate. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), citing Gaza health authorities through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 72,600 Palestinians had been killed and more than 172,000 injured between 7 October 2023 and 6 May 2026.
Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on transit arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will remain closed until the U.S...
Icelanders have voted to stay outside the European Union, rejecting a government-backed proposal to reopen membership negotiations and keeping the ...
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions&nb...
Iran is setting conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions. At the same time, Washington is stepping up economic pressure on Tehran through what the White House calls “Operation Economic Outcast.”
Mail sorting centres used by Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, were destroyed in Russian strikes overnight, the firm said. Elsewhere, four people were injured after drones struck an apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused U.S. government and Israel-aligned actors of manipulating energy markets to promote the war with Iran.
Russian strikes on the Kyiv region overnight killed 37 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Zelenskyy added that the Ukrainian capital was under "virtually nonstop attack" from drones.
Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on transit arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will remain closed until the U.S. fulfils its commitments, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Saturday.
Icelanders have voted to stay outside the European Union, rejecting a government-backed proposal to reopen membership negotiations and keeping the country’s long-running debate over EU membership unresolved, according to the latest counting figures.
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months.
A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five other people injured, some seriously, after shots were fired at a rave in Aarau, northern Switzerland, police said on Sunday.
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet rose to 750 on Sunday, with 3,044 people still missing, as fresh rainfall pushed up river levels and forced rescuers to move to higher ground.
Groundwater has fallen by as much as 150 to 200 metres in some parts of Kabul, according to a senior water official, as families in Afghanistan’s capital struggle with dry wells and increasingly unreliable supplies.
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