Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 20 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are set to travel to Switzerland for talks, signalling a renewed diplomatic push as Washington seeks progress on Iran’s nuclear programme and regional security issues. The discussions are expected to build on a temporary 60-day agreement, with both sides aiming to lay the groundwork for a more permanent settlement.
One person was killed and dozens injured after two passenger trains collided south of Bedford, around 100 km north of London, on Friday. Emergency services mounted a major response, with authorities reporting 11 very serious injuries, 22 serious injuries and 56 minor injuries. Investigators are working to establish the cause of the crash, which involved two East Midlands Railway trains.
A United Nations hearing descended into a heated confrontation on Friday after Israel’s ambassador accused a senior UN official of bias and called for her resignation, prompting a public shouting match over the organisation’s decision to blacklist Israel for alleged abuses in conflict.
A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated after a major fire tore through a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic, with investigators examining the cause of the blaze that rapidly spread through the hotel's palm-thatched roofing.
Australia has confirmed its first mainland case of H5N1 bird flu after the virus was detected in a wild seabird in Western Australia, prompting authorities to step up efforts to prevent any spread to poultry and agriculture.
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace t...
Azerbaijan and the UK have pledged to strengthen defence, trade and education cooperation after signing a joint declaration elevating relations to ...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Friday it had targeted a U.S. early-warning radar system in Bahrain, raising fresh co...
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and energy high on the agenda. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks focused on peace, trade and regional cooperation.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a stark warning at this year's COP31 summit, saying the climate crisis iss advancing faster than governments' efforts to contain it.
Iran will not let a single particle of its enriched nuclear material leave the country, and any new U.S. attack would be met with strikes on distant American bases, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has said.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is stepping down amid reports linking him to a woman suspected by U.S. authorities of spying for China, throwing the future of the $4 trillion chipmaker into uncertainty.
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 11 November. Today, we cover Russia-Ukraine peace talks, political tensions in Washington, strikes in Spain, espionage allegations involving Nvidia's CEO, and climate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye.
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks while the United States continues to work towards what could become the largest prisoner exchange of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Azerbaijan and the UK have pledged to strengthen defence, trade and education cooperation after signing a joint declaration elevating relations to a strategic level in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday (12 November).
More than 333,000 people have been forced from their homes in Yemen since the beginning of August as fighting has escalated, including more than 24,000 in the past week alone, the United Nations said on Thursday.
A court in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has sentenced human rights lawyer Maria Bontsler to 12 years in prison on treason charges, after prosecutors accused her of passing sensitive information to Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Mexico unless it stops more than a thousand migrants who are walking north towards the United States, warning that they will be denied entry.
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