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.
Kazakhstan has resumed oil exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) after drone attacks disrupted operations at its Black Sea terminal, r...
Ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fell to its lowest level in months on Sunday after Yemen's Houthi movement attacked Saudi oil facilities...
A majority of Americans believe the ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran has proved more challenging than the Trump administration expected, accordin...
Russian authorities said 11 people, including four children, had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately targeting civilians.
Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its pause on strikes, but Tehran remains sceptical of U.S. intentions, a senior Iranian source told on Sunday.
Ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fell to its lowest level in months on Sunday after Yemen's Houthi movement attacked Saudi oil facilities along the Red Sea coast, while vessel movements through the Strait of Hormuz also remained subdued despite a pause in U.S.-Iran tensions.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on Saturday for Russia and Ukraine to freeze the conflict and return to peace talks, saying a negotiated settlement remained possible despite the entrenched positions of both sides.
Marvel Studios used its return to San Diego Comic-Con to reveal several major projects, including a new Ghost Rider film starring Ryan Gosling and the long-awaited Black Panther 3.
The 27 July edition of Daybreak covers a pause in fighting between the U.S. and Iran, the latest developments in Russia's war against Ukraine, and mass evacuations as wildfires continue to spread across France and Spain.
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an interministerial crisis meeting on 26 July as wildfires spread across southwest France, with flames advancing to within 15 kilometres of the city of Bordeaux.
The United Nations will choose its next secretary-general this summer, with António Guterres set to leave office after two terms. Several candidates have entered the race to become the UN’s 10th chief, but the selection process remains shaped by negotiations among major powers.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the 2026 World Cup, accusing critics of focusing on negativity while overlooking what he said was a tournament that united people across borders and cultures.
Belgium recorded the highest excess mortality rate in Europe during the heatwave that swept across the continent in late June, according to EuroMOMO data cited by the Belgian public health institute Sciensano.
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