Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 24th July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed new tariffs on 60 countries and the European Union over claims they fail to stop forced labour. The duties of either 10 per cent of 12.5 per cent target key trading partners, including China, Canada and the UK. The new levies have been criticised by some of the countries, including Brazil, Australia and China.
The U.S. military has completed its 13th night of strikes on Iran. Four people were killed in a U.S. missile strike near southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, according to Iranian media. Following a resurgence of conflict between Washington and Tehran, shiptracking data showed tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz falling to the lowest levels since May. The escalation has pushed global oil prices higher, with Brent crude rising above $100 a barrel amid fears of disruptions to key shipping routes and energy markets.
Power is being restored in stages in Georgia after a nationwide blackout early on Friday, the country’s state-owned electricity operator said. The cause of the outage is still being investigated, the Georgian State Electrosystem added. Some residents took to social media to share photos of the blackout and speculate on what may have caused it.
President Donald Trump has conditioned a deal signed by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, which would allow the Gulf kingdom to build nuclear reactors, on Riyadh establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. Saudi Arabia has long refused normalisation without the existence of a clear pathway for Palestinian statehood.
Sweden has announced the relaxation of rules for new mines to cut its dependence on China for rare earth minerals. The issue is a source of tension with the country’s indigenous Sami people, who say the expansion of mining will cut off reindeer migration routes they’ve followed for thousands of years.
An agreement between Iran and the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is expected "soon," a U.S. official has said. The deal would result in the resum...
Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, injuring six people, disrupting flights and leaving more than 50,000 buildin...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan remarked upon progress made towards normalising relations between...
An agreement between Iran and the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is expected "soon," a U.S. official has said. The deal would result in the resumption of commercial shipping through the sea passage and the lifting of an American naval blockade on Iranian ports.
U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are progressing and suggested an agreement with Iran could be reached “soon”.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 8th of August, covering the latest developments.
U.S. President Donald Trump may have to accept concessions he previously opposed if he wants to secure a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to analysts, as negotiators move closer to a temporary agreement.
A U.S. judge has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million over claims that its platforms failed to protect children from online harm.
Serbia will continue to support Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity while seeking closer economic cooperation between the two countries, President Aleksandar Vučić said on Saturday, stopping short of pledging sanctions against Belgrade’s long-time ally Russia.
One year after its launch, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) has emerged as one of the most significant diplomatic and economic initiatives in the South Caucasus, linking peace efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan with expanding trade and regional connectivity.
A drone entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania on Saturday and exploded near the village of Kardam, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said, adding that there were no casualties or damage to infrastructure.
Russian drone strikes killed a three-year-old boy and his grandparents in a village in the Kyiv region, while another person was killed in an overnight ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.
Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, injuring six people, disrupting flights and leaving more than 50,000 buildings without power, as China shut ports and suspended transport services ahead of the storm’s expected arrival on its east coast.
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