Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 10th of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Iranian forces launched attacks on U.S. military infrastructure in Gulf states after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian targets, further straining a fragile ceasefire. Tehran said it targeted U.S. facilities in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, while regional authorities reported missile and drone interceptions. The escalation came as Iran held funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an earlier U.S.-Israeli strike.
Sudan’s army has said it will only fully support a U.S. peace proposal if the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) withdraw from all cities they have occupied since the conflict began. The U.S. plan calls for a 90-day humanitarian truce, followed by talks on a permanent ceasefire and a civilian-led transition. The army accepted most elements of the proposal but rejected a limited RSF withdrawal, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.
Typhoon Bavi approached Japan’s Sakishima Islands on Friday, bringing warnings of powerful winds, torrential rain and possible flooding. Residents prepared for the storm as airlines cancelled flights and authorities urged caution across the region. Taiwan also prepared for heavy rainfall, evacuating more than 1,000 people and placing thousands of military personnel on standby. Bavi is forecast to make landfall near China’s eastern city of Wenzhou late Saturday.
At least 12 people have been killed in forest fires in Spain’s southern Andalucía region as firefighters continue efforts to control the blaze. Authorities described the fires as the most devastating in the region’s history, with thousands evacuated and several people hospitalised. The wildfires come as a heatwave sweeps across Spain, with Barcelona recording its highest-ever temperature. Spain has deployed additional emergency units as extreme heat and dry conditions fuel wildfire risks across southern Europe.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that disease outbreaks, poor sanitation and limited access to clean water could threaten thousands of survivors of Venezuela’s earthquakes. More than 17,900 people have been displaced and are living in shelters after twin quakes struck on 24 June. PAHO said it will work with Venezuela’s health authorities to monitor possible outbreaks and strengthen early warning systems.
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Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Iran to pay compensation for decades of deaths and damage, adding a new demand to peace talks as Tehran seeks compensation and sanctions relief before reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
A criminal court in Damascus has sentenced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is preparing to deploy additional North Korean forces on its territory and has received more ballistic missiles from Pyongyang, arguing that their growing military cooperation poses a threat beyond Ukraine.
Millions of people across Spain and Iceland are preparing on Wednesday to witness a rare total solar eclipse, when the moon will pass directly between Earth and the Sun, briefly turning daylight into darkness along a narrow path.
Ukraine has agreed to refrain from targeting certain tankers using Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk following a request from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Financial Times reported, although Kyiv has continued strikes on Russian targets at the port.
Taiwan has criticised a planned joint naval exercise involving China and Indonesia near its eastern waters, describing it as a politically charged move designed to strengthen Beijing's claims over areas surrounding the island.
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk killed an eight-year-old child, injured others and damaged residential buildings, port infrastructure and grain facilities, Russian officials and industry sources said on Wednesday.
Romanian military divers have destroyed two Gerbera-type drones found drifting near the Neptun Deep offshore gas development in the country’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone.
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