Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 9th of August, covering the latest developments.
Iran and mediator Oman are 'very close' to agreeing on a new route for vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said. However, Araghchi warned that resuming shipping through the waterway would depend on multiple conditions, including the U.S. paying compensation to Iran.
A 12-year-old girl has become the ninth fatality following a school shooting in Thailand on Friday. The victim, who was being treated for serious injuries, died in hospital. Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has vowed to tighten gun laws following the incident last week, where a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his grandparents and then killed five more people at his school, before turning the gun on himself.
The Bald Range wildfire in the western Canadian province of British Columbia has doubled in size overnight to 9,500 hectares, roughly the same size as Paris. More than 20,000 people have so far fled the fast-moving blaze. British Columbia has declared a state of emergency.
A total of 14 people died on the Moroccan side of the Ceuta border following last week’s mass crossing into the Spanish exclave, Morocco’s National Human Rights Council has said. Ceuta’s local leader Juan Jesus Vivas said on Thursday that at least 100 people died overall in the crossing attempt last week .
Glaciers in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Basin have decreased in size by a third (33.7 per cent) over the past 90 years, according to the central Asian country’s state climate agency. The agency attributed the continued reduction in glacier area to climate change.
A Kyiv-Warsaw train was struck near the Polish border, Ukraine's state railway firm said on Sunday. No passengers were injured. Ukrai...
Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the ...
Indonesian rescuers are searching for 130 people after a passenger ship carrying 243 people sank in the Java Sea following bad weather, while 113 p...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New Delhi on Friday to attend the weekend BRICS summit, amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, joining a host of foreign dignitaries.
Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), adding to concerns about energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline on Saturday.
A Kyiv-Warsaw train was struck near the Polish border, Ukraine's state railway firm said on Sunday. No passengers were injured. Ukrainian Railways said that the country's railways were facing systematic attacks for a second day and warned of widespread delays.
Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut down its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline after it was hit by a drone attack, with Riyadh and Baghdad saying the strike originated from Iraq.
Dubai’s property market has spent years climbing. Now, for the first time since 2021, prices are moving in the opposite direction.
A Kyiv-Warsaw train was struck near the Polish border, Ukraine's state railway firm said on Sunday. No passengers were injured. Ukrainian Railways said that the country's railways were facing systematic attacks for a second day and warned of widespread delays.
Indonesian rescuers are searching for 130 people after a passenger ship carrying 243 people sank in the Java Sea following bad weather, while 113 people have been evacuated and six have died, the country’s search and rescue agency said on Sunday.
China will lead the creation of an open source platform among BRICS members to promote cooperation on large language models, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
Swedes vote in an election on Sunday (13 September) that could see the far-right enter government for the first time if the country's right-wing parties can form a majority.
Philippine rescuers recovered 41 more charred remains from a ferry fire on Saturday (12 September), taking the death toll to 76, while 13 people remained unaccounted for as forensic teams worked to identify the victims.
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