Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 7th of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The coffin of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has arrived in the Iranian city of Qom, one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam. A funeral procession is due to take place later on Tuesday in the city, a day after huge crowds attended a funeral ceremony in Tehran on Monday. The procession will head to Iraq for ceremonies on Wednesday before returning on Thursday to Iran.
Leaders from countries in the NATO alliance will meet in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday for a two-day summit. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to attend. He has previously called on Europe to step-up defence spending.
Britain has announced sanctions against two Russian research institutes and several senior officials. The UK alleges they are linked to Moscow's chemical weapons programme and the development of toxic substances reportedly used in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The U.S. football team was knocked out of the World Cup in front of a home crowd in Seattle by Belgium on Monday evening. The match was overshadowed by controversy around FIFA’s suspension of a one match red card ban for U.S. player Folarin Balogun, after Donald Trump’s intervention. While Balogun was allowed to start for the U.S. team, he ultimately made little impact as the team conceded four goals to Belgium.
Central China has been battered by storms, which have left at least eight people dead. The bad weather is set to spread into eastern and southeastern China over the next 24 hours, according to the country’s National Meteorological Centre.
Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) 2026 has begun in Azerbaijan’s capital, bringing together government representatives, business leaders, inves...
Pakistan faces a fresh test over preferential access to one of its biggest export markets as the European Union introduces a new GSP+ framework fro...
Kazakhstan plans to build an international Earth observation satellite network of up to 14 spacecraft, expanding a project already bringing togethe...
An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau has disrupted air travel, school activities and fishing operations, with hundreds of passengers stranded at Jakarta’s main airport on Sunday.
At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, 6 September, local officials said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States must recognise that the “rules of the game” in its war against Iran had changed “before it is too late”, a day after Washington struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.
Two Greek military pilots were killed on Saturday when an F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during an air show at Tanagra air base, north of Athens, officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on efforts to end the Ukraine war.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
A battle over the future of the European Union’s diplomatic service is deepening divisions over who controls the bloc’s foreign policy, as EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas pushes back against plans to overhaul her service.
The Strait of Hormuz is moving into a more complicated stage of the U.S.-Iran war. Tehran says it will establish a new restricted maritime zone around the waterway, while Iran and Oman are preparing to formalise a separate shipping route intended to restore at least part of commercial traffic.
The European Union is preparing to boost investment in Greenland, as Brussels moves to deepen political and economic ties with the Arctic territory amid growing strategic competition involving the U.S., Russia and China.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said a newly commissioned destroyer will become part of the country's nuclear response system, capable of delivering what he described as “annihilating retaliatory strikes”.
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