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.
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 wh...
Central Asia’s economy has surpassed $543 billion, driven by Kazakhstan’s economic weight, strong exports and foreign investment, while growing tr...
The United Nations refugee agency is planning a settlement and carpet-weaving workshop for Afghan returnees in Kabul as the country grapples with larg...
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.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
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.
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.
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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