Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 14 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
U.S. and Pakistani leaders say a framework agreement to end fighting with Iran could be signed on Sunday, though Tehran has questioned the timing. President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Prime Minister both pointed to an imminent deal, while Iranian officials said it is unlikely to happen immediately. The proposed agreement is expected to include steps affecting the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route. Meanwhile, Iranian hardliners have protested against the deal and clashes and strikes in the wider region have continued.
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet several Middle Eastern leaders and take part in a G7 session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in France next week, according to U.S. officials. He is also expected to hold separate talks with leaders including Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, France and India. While no formal bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy is scheduled, a sideline meeting remains possible. Discussions will focus on economic growth, supply chains, migration, AI and critical minerals.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to publish the UK’s long-delayed Defence Investment Plan ahead of next month’s NATO summit in Ankara amid pressure over military spending. The commitment was made during a call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, as allies prepare to discuss defence funding and security commitments. The move follows the resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey, who criticised there is insufficient funding for modern threats and warned the UK could fall short of NATO obligations.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been reconnected to the electricity grid after nearly three days without external power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said repairs were completed under a localised ceasefire agreement. The outage followed damage to a substation across the Dnipro River that cut the plant’s last backup power line. It was the 19th time the facility has lost off-site power since the start of the war.
Hundreds of protesters in Albania have torn down fences at planned luxury development sites amid growing opposition to construction in environmentally sensitive coastal areas. The unrest began over a proposed resort linked to a company associated with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner near Vlora, a region known for its wildlife and nesting grounds. Demonstrators waved national flags, chanted “Revolution,” and clashed lightly with police while removing the fences.
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said...
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 14th of August, covering the latest developments....
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption contin...
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 14th of August, covering the latest developments.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
Record rainfall in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture has killed four people and left thousands stranded overnight at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, as torrential rain disrupted rail, bus and texi services across the prefracture and left more than 20,000 households without power.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province. A man died of the virus in Bas-Uélé in the north, the African Union’s health agency said.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
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