Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 27th of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has dropped to its lowest level in months following Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities along the Red Sea coast. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz also remains limited as markets monitor risks to global energy supplies.
Two people have been killed and at least five others injured, including a child, after a shooting at the Seattle Center during the annual Bite of Seattle festival. Police are investigating the attack, while authorities have not confirmed whether a suspect has been detained.
A suspect accused of driving a vehicle into a crowd near Berlin’s LGBTQ Pride event was killed during a police operation, German media reported. The attack left one person dead and 17 injured, including several in critical condition, as authorities continue their investigation.
French President Emmanuel Macron has convened an emergency meeting as wildfires in southwestern France spread towards Bordeaux, with flames approaching within 15 kilometres of the city. More than 220,000 people have been evacuated to safety across France, while thousands of firefighters and international crews battle the blazes amid extreme heat, strong winds and dry conditions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans to attend the UN General Assembly in New York despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani's calls against his visit. The dispute centres on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Netanyahu, with Mamdani previously saying he would seek to enforce it before acknowledging the city lacked legal authority to do so. Netanyahu accused the mayor of deepening divisions over Israel, while the Gaza war continues to fuel international debate.
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 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.
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.
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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