Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 24 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The U.S. Senate has approved a measure directing President Donald Trump to halt military action against Iran, in a rare rebuke from Congress that highlights growing concern over the conflict. While the resolution is largely symbolic and faces legal uncertainty, it increases pressure on the White House as it pursues peace talks with Tehran.
A U.N. inquiry accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, alleging genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Israel rejected the findings, calling the report defamatory and biased.
The U.N.'s shipping agency has begun a phased operation to help hundreds of vessels and around 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf transit the Strait of Hormuz following the Iran-U.S. ceasefire. The evacuation is being coordinated with regional states and maritime authorities, with ships being guided through temporary routes due to ongoing safety risks.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the construction of two 5,000-ton warships every year over the next five years, as he unveiled a new destroyer and pledged to modernise the country's naval forces. Kim said the navy's role would expand significantly, with plans also including larger strategic warships and further development of its nuclear capabilities.
Uzbekistan’s historic World Cup debut continued with a tough 5-0 defeat to Portugal in Houston, where Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and made more tournament history. Despite the loss, fans across Uzbekistan continued to back their team, seeing the match as another milestone in the country’s first appearance on football’s biggest stage.
Armenia is looking to turn shared environmental challenges into opportunities for regional cooperation, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan highlig...
The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It com...
In an interview with AnewZ’s Sabir Safarov, Houthi-aligned journalist Hussain al-Bukhaiti warns of possible attacks on Saudi Arabia’...
The Saudi-led coalition said early Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone over Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for the recent drone and missile strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh and at King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, vowing to carry out more attacks in the coming days.
The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It comes after a deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 people last week.
Ukraine's soldiers have had their access to Starlink satellite internet restricted. Kyiv's troops use the terminals, made by Elon Musk's SpaceX, to pilot drones. A source in Ukraine's Defence Ministry said the restrictions would make it harder for Kyiv's army to down Russian drones.
Ukraine is set to restart attacks on Russian oil refineries following a two-day pause, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid growing tensions with Washington over energy strikes and U.S. military support.
A Norwegian teenager recruited by a Swedish criminal network to carry out a contract killing in Britain has been sentenced to 20 years’ detention after police uncovered the murder plot.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called it “a disgrace” that Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. Attacks are continuing from Russia and Ukraine as media reports say Ukraine has almost run out of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Romanian rescuers resumed their search for seven missing sailors on Friday (16 October) after a drone strike set a chemical tanker ablaze near the country’s Black Sea coast. The attacks have raised fresh security concerns along a vital regional trade route.
Students, lecturers and university staff marched on Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand President Javier Milei’s government implement a university funding law which would boost staff salaries and increase financial support to institutions to cover operating costs
A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon in the United States, killing four people, including three children, before being killed by an armed member of the community who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said.
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