Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 7th of August, covering the latest developments.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed new executive orders aimed at limiting access to birthright citizenship, reviving a key immigration policy promise. The measures are expected to face legal challenges after the Supreme Court rejected a previous attempt to restrict the constitutional right.
U.S. President Donald Trump says negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are progressing and that a deal with Iran could be reached soon. Trump said he remains personally involved in the talks and warned Tehran that the U.S. could take military action if negotiations fail. The Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil and gas shipments, has been at the centre of tensions since the escalation between Washington and Tehran.
Saudi Arabia has warned of possible further attacks by the Houthis and Iran-backed groups after a strike in Najran injured 11 civilians, including a four-year-old child. Riyadh said intelligence shared with the U.S. and regional partners indicated potential threats against energy facilities, ports and airports. The warning comes as Saudi Arabia seeks to maintain de-escalation efforts while strengthening security cooperation with regional allies.
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million over claims that its platforms failed to protect children from online harm, bringing total penalties in the ongoing case to $942 million. Meta rejected the ruling and said it would appeal, adding that it works to protect users, remove harmful content and improve safety measures. The ruling comes as U.S. authorities continue broader scrutiny of social media platforms over child safety and privacy concerns.
The installation of the first submarine fibre-optic cable across the Caspian Sea has been completed as part of the Digital Silk Way initiative. The 380-kilometre cable linking Azerbaijan’s Sumgayit and Kazakhstan’s Aktau is expected to strengthen digital connectivity between Europe and Asia when it becomes operational in 2026.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remai...
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow ear...
Indonesia deployed thousands of security personnel around parliament and other major cities on Thursday as students returned to the streets, one ye...
Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162 people.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyiv has recently received a small number of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. It comes as Britain and France pledged stronger military support for Ukraine.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remains disproportionately small compared with their population, strategic location and resources.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow earlier this week to warn Russia against attacking NATO, dismissing them as "scare stories," which had nothing to do with reality.
Indonesia deployed thousands of security personnel around parliament and other major cities on Thursday as students returned to the streets, one year after nationwide anti-government protests left 10 people dead.
Thousands of Russians are hunting for apartments in Tbilisi and Yerevan - not because of a mobilisation order that's been signed, but because of one many fear is coming.
Poland has asked the European Commission to impose a €250 million ($291.3 million) fine on Meta, accusing the technology company of failing to adequately tackle fraudulent advertisements on its platforms.
Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, according to a United Nations official.
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