Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 2nd of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Indirect talks between Iran and the United States have ended in Doha without a major breakthrough, as negotiators focused on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the release of frozen Iranian funds rather than Tehran's nuclear programme. While both sides described the discussions as constructive, no significant progress was announced. The next round of talks is expected to take place after the week-long funeral procession of Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which begins on Saturday.
At least ten people were killed and 56 others injured after Russia launched a large overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv, hitting residential buildings and sparking fires across the city. Emergency crews searched through the rubble of collapsed flats. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cut short his visit to Ireland, while officials warned the attack was among Russia's largest strikes on Ukraine in recent weeks.
The European Union will provide up to €200 million in grants to improve transport, energy and digital links across the South Caucasus, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced during a visit to Baku on Wednesday. The funding aims to support lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan by boosting regional connectivity, alongside an additional €20 million for local communities, including healthcare, demining and business development.
Israel's parliament has approved the first reading of a bill that would restrict the use of loudspeakers for the Muslim call to prayer, or adhan. The proposed law, backed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's party, still requires three further readings before it can become law and has drawn criticism from Palestinian officials, who say it infringes on freedom of worship.
A Russian couple were arrested after scaling the spire of New York City's Empire State Building to unfurl a peace banner before a dramatic marriage proposal. The pair, known for their "rooftopping" stunts, climbed more than 440 metres above the streets of Manhattan before the man proposed. Police later took them into custody and charged them with offences including burglary, reckless endangerment and trespassing.
Scientists have identified a planetary system in the Milky Way unlike anything seen before, leaving astronomers debating how to classify one of its un...
Afghanistan recorded 483 suspected cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and 21 deaths in June 2026, a 174.4% increase from May, with the W...
The building where Adolf Hitler was born, near Austria's border with Germany, officially began a new life as a police station on Wednesday. Austria's ...
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 21st of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 22nd of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The United States has bombed Iran for an 11th consecutive night as the Pentagon says the war’s cost reach $37.5 billion. President Donald Trump threatens a heavy strike on the suspected Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site. Tehran warns that any attack could trigger a wider regional escalation.
President Donald Trump said the United States will target Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain site “pretty soon” as he meets with Lebanese president Michel Aoun. Meanwhile, U.S. forces carried out a 10th consecutive night of strikes on Iran while Tehran continues to target Gulf countries.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier have discussed regional developments, transport connectivity, energy cooperation and the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process during talks in Berlin.
The building where Adolf Hitler was born, near Austria's border with Germany, officially began a new life as a police station on Wednesday. Austria's government hopes the conversion will prevent it from becoming a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.
Daniel Siad, a modelling scout whose name appeared in documents linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead at his home near Paris, French prosecutors said. He was 69.
Ukraine's new commander-in-chief, Mykhailo Drapatyi, takes charge at a pivotal stage of the war with Russia, facing mounting challenges including troop shortages, battlefield reform and the rapid evolution of drone warfare.
ASEAN foreign ministers opened the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on 21 July, launching four days of talks that run until 24 July. The agenda includes South China Sea tensions, Myanmar’s conflict and growing U.S.-China rivalry.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand has renewed calls for an immediate de-escalation and permanent ceasefire in the Middle East while she warned that the humanitarian situation had become "quite grave". Anand also raised concern over tensions in the South China Sea.
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