Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 30th of July, covering the latest developments.
The U.S. military launched fresh strikes on Iran on Wednesday, calling them a "powerful response" to attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East. The strikes came as the conflict spread across the region, with U.S. and Saudi forces targeting Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, Iran firing missiles at U.S. troops in Jordan, and a drone strike hitting a U.S.-owned tanker in Egypt.
Japan quake-hit communities face water shortages and heat
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan left parts of Yatsushiro city without water and power. Residents are facing severe conditions amid a heatwave, with temperatures reaching around 35°C and raising concerns over heatstroke risks. The death toll from the earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture rose to at least 17, while several others remained in critical condition or under investigation.
Russian ballistic missile strikes killed at least thirteen people in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, with attacks reaching the western city of Lviv and prompting Poland to scramble fighter jets to protect its airspace. The strikes came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned from the United States, where he said President Donald Trump agreed to provide Ukraine with licences for Patriot missiles.
China has warned it will "resolutely retaliate" if the United States continues with an import ban on new Chinese robots and power inverters. The Chinese Commerce Ministry urged the U.S. to withdraw the measures, saying they discriminate against Chinese firms and harm the interests of both countries’ industries. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said the restrictions were aimed at protecting AI development from national security risks and supporting key domestic industries.
Australia’s internet regulator has launched legal action against Telegram, accusing the messaging platform of failing to remove pro-terror content. The eSafety Commissioner said Telegram allowed the material to remain accessible despite being notified, while the company rejected the allegations and said it would challenge them in court. The regulator said Telegram could face civil penalties of up to A$54.6 million ($38 million) for failing to comply with Australia’s online safety rules.
Kazakhstan-linked hackers stole thousands of national security documents from Tajikistan, a cybersecurity company has said. ...
Four Turkish military personnel have been killed after an S-70 helicopter crashed in the eastern province of Malatya on Thursday, Türkiye'...
Microsoft struggled to restore its services on Friday after a major outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot across the United States and Asia-P...
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and energy high on the agenda. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks focused on peace, trade and regional cooperation.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a stark warning at this year's COP31 summit, saying the climate crisis iss advancing faster than governments' efforts to contain it.
Iran will not let a single particle of its enriched nuclear material leave the country, and any new U.S. attack would be met with strikes on distant American bases, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has said.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is stepping down amid reports linking him to a woman suspected by U.S. authorities of spying for China, throwing the future of the $4 trillion chipmaker into uncertainty.
Four million workers across Spain joined a general strike on Wednesday over the country’s deepening housing crisis, unions said, bringing disruption to factories, ports, shops and public transport just weeks before a snap general election.
Microsoft struggled to restore its services on Friday after a major outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot across the United States and Asia-Pacific region.
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks while the United States continues to work towards what could become the largest prisoner exchange of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Azerbaijan and the UK have pledged to strengthen defence, trade and education cooperation after signing a joint declaration elevating relations to a strategic level in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday (12 November).
More than 333,000 people have been forced from their homes in Yemen since the beginning of August as fighting has escalated, including more than 24,000 in the past week alone, the United Nations said on Thursday.
A court in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has sentenced human rights lawyer Maria Bontsler to 12 years in prison on treason charges, after prosecutors accused her of passing sensitive information to Ukraine.
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