Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 8th of August, covering the latest developments.
The U.S. Senate has passed a package of measures that would introduce sweeping sanctions against Russia and extend penalties on Iran. U.S. partners could be impacted by the legislation which would allow President Trump to hit the biggest importers of Russian energy with 100 per cent tariffs. The long delayed bill now has to clear the U.S. House of Representatives in a few weeks.
A deal between Iran and the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping is expected “soon,” a U.S. official has said. The agreement would also result in the end of the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, the official added. Before the U.S.-Iran conflict around one fifth of the world’s oil transited through the strait.
Spain has tightened border controls on travellers arriving from Italy, escalating a growing dispute between the two European Union countries over irregular migration. The measures were announced after Italy imposed temporary controls on travellers from Spain, following the influx of 78,000 migrants from Morocco in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in north Africa.
Right-wing lawyer and political newcomer Abelardo de la Espriella has been sworn in as Colombia’s President in a ceremony in the western city of Cali, breaking with more than a century of tradition. De la Espriella takes over from left-wing President Gustavo Petro, whose four-year term was marked by deep political divisions and economic difficulties.
Kazakhstan has released an Amur tiger into the wild for the first time in more than seven decades, launching an ambitious effort to reintroduce the endangered predator to Central Asia. The female tiger, named Umit, meaning “hope” in Kazakh, was released into the Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve, according to the Ministry of Ecology.
Sea drones have injured eight people in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi, regional authorities said. In Ukraine, two people were wounded...
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, ...
Azerbaijan's education system is showing some of its strongest signs of progress in years, with the latest ...
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly launched two ballistic missile attacks against a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days.
Wildfires have broken out in Türkiye’s Antalya province, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate as strong winds fuelled the flames.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Sea drones have injured eight people in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi, regional authorities said. In Ukraine, two people were wounded, one seriously, in Russian drone strikes on the city of Kryvyi Rhi, a defence official said. Strikes were also reported in other Ukrainian cities.
At least five people have died and more than 80 others remain unaccounted for after a passenger ferry caught fire off the western Philippines, prompting a major search-and-rescue operation involving the coast guard, government agencies and local fishing communities.
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's aircraft was nearly struck by a drone while departing Moldova on its way to Norway, according to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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