Morning Brief - 9 August 2026

Morning Brief - 9 August 2026
Ships near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 6 August 2026.
Reuters

Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 9th of August, covering the latest developments.

Hormuz deal ‘very close’, Iran’s Foreign Minister says 

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.

Death toll from Thailand school shooting rises to nine 

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.  

More than 20,000 flee Canadian wildfire

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.

Morocco says 14 died during Ceuta crossing 

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 .

Kyrgyzstan’s glaciers shrink due to climate change

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.

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