Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 5th of August, covering the latest developments.
A Russian overnight air attack on Kyiv killed at least fourteen and injured twenty-seven others, with damage reported across several districts of the Ukrainian capital. The assault destroyed a warehouse near the city centre, sparked multiple fires and caused an ammonia leak, while rescue teams searched for people trapped under rubble. Reuters could not independently verify all the reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran made progress and predicted the Strait of Hormuz would reopen soon, while warning Tehran of a strong military response if talks fail. New Zealand blamed the waterway's closure for rising fuel costs, inflation and its highest unemployment rate in a decade. Meanwhile, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained steady but far below pre-conflict levels.
The Israeli army carried out separate incursions into Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). In Daraa, Israeli forces advanced into the village of Mariya in the Yarmouk Basin area, where they conducted a limited incursion into the western part of the village and searched several civilian homes before withdrawing without making any arrests, SANA reported.
The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador in Washington, escalating a diplomatic dispute over ambassadorial appointments and visas for diplomats. U.S. officials said the move was a reciprocal response after Brazil refused to approve Washington's ambassadorial nominee and denied visas to several American diplomats. The ambassador has not been ordered to leave the United States, and officials said the visa could be restored if the dispute is resolved.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on Tuesday blamed the U.S. embargo for the country's repeated nationwide electricity outages. The remarks came after another nationwide power grid collapse in Cuba, the latest in a series of major outages that have disrupted electricity supplies across the island nation in recent months. The U.S. Embassy in Havana on Monday advised U.S. citizens currently in Cuba or planning to travel to the island to prepare for widespread disruptions.
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 ...
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to agreeing a deal to acquire a roughly one-third stake in Premier League club Li...
Uzbekistan has secured preferential tariffs for fertiliser and petroleum product shipments through Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port to Georgian ports, as Uzb...
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.
Flights arriving at Catania airport in eastern Sicily were suspended after volcanic ash from a new eruption of Mount Etna drifted into the airspace around the airport, disrupting operations at one of Italy’s busiest aviation hubs.
A deal on a new route for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is "very close," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, while warning that the reopening of the waterway depends on the U.S. meeting other conditions, including paying compensation to Iran.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 9th of August, covering the latest developments.
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.
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to agreeing a deal to acquire a roughly one-third stake in Premier League club Liverpool, according to multiple media reports on Monday.
Eclipse fever is building in Madrid as residents and visitors rush to secure protective glasses ahead of a rare total solar eclipse near sunset on Wednesday (12 August).
A gunman was arrested after opening fire at a local government office near Bangkok on Monday, days after a deadly school shooting renewed debate over gun control in Thailand.
Flights arriving at Catania airport in eastern Sicily were suspended after volcanic ash from a new eruption of Mount Etna drifted into the airspace around the airport, disrupting operations at one of Italy’s busiest aviation hubs.
The future of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza roadmap remains uncertain, with Israel and Hamas divided over its implementation, particularly the sequence of Hamas’s disarmament and an Israeli withdrawal.
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