Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 23rd of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meetting in Pasay, Manila on Thursday, the TASS news agency reported. The meeting lasted more than half an hour, it added. Lavrov and Rubio planned to discuss issues relating to the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine.
Wildfires raging across Europe have killed two firefighters in France and one in Italy. The two French firefighters died while battling a blaze near the southwestern city of Bordeaux’s airport while the italian firefighter died after taking ill while tackling a fire on the island of Sicily. Unprecedented heat and rising temperatures have been fuelling wildfires across Europe burning an estimated 200,000 hectares since the start of the year.
The Iran-backed Houthis said they had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, which they accused of breaking a naval blockade against the Gulf kingdom announced on Monday. Saudi news agency SPA later reported that one of the two vessels suffered a fire during an attack, but didn’t say who targeted the tanker.
A deal which would allow Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear programme has been signed by Washington and Riyadh, the U.S. Department of Energy said. The agreement would involve a decades-long, multi-billion dollar partnership, whereby American firms work alongside the Saudi nuclear energy programme. The deal must still be reviewed by the U.S. Congress before coming into force.
The owner of a Michelin two-star restaurant in the South Korean capital Seoul could be jailed for a year for serving a dish topped with black ants. The species are not approved for human consumption in the country. Prosecutors estimate 49,000 ants were given to diners. The restaurant owner has admitted the charges, but disputes the number of ants served.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered Iran's armed forces to respond to any threat immediately and without geographical li...
A tenth-grade student was critically injured after a man attacked her with a chainsaw inside a classroom in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur distri...
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Evacuations and the provision of humanitarian aid in the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky have begun, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday. In a statement on Telegram, David Arakhamia said a six-day ceasefire was holding, and that more details would follow.
Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on Friday as part of efforts to reach a deal between the U.S. and Iran, according to an official briefed on the talks.
The U.S. has approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine in a deal worth an estimated $2.1 billion, but Kyiv could face years of delays before receiving the weapons it urgently needs to defend against intensifying Russian attacks.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered Iran's armed forces to respond to any threat immediately and without geographical limits in statements posted to social media platforms on Saturday (31 October).
Hackers have pulled off a staggering $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist targeting Binance, shaking confidence in one of the world's biggest digital asset exchanges and sending crypto prices tumbling. U.S. analysts suspect North Korea was behind the attack.
A tenth-grade student was critically injured after a man attacked her with a chainsaw inside a classroom in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. The girl suffered severe injuries to her head, neck and back, while a classmate who tried to protect her was also hurt.
Deep divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Friday, as European officials criticised Moscow's participation and refused to join a traditional group photograph with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The U.S. has approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine in a deal worth an estimated $2.1 billion, but Kyiv could face years of delays before receiving the weapons it urgently needs to defend against intensifying Russian attacks.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global body responsible for monitoring money laundering and terrorist financing risks, has removed four countries from its so-called “grey list” after determining they had made sufficient progress in addressing weaknesses in their financial cr
The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 5,000, according to government figures released on Friday, as health authorities continue to struggle to contain the country's worst-ever Ebola epidemic.
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