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.
The European Union will disburse €3.3 billion ($3.8 billion) to Ukraine for missiles and drones, European ...
Warren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, marking the end of one of the most influenti...
An Afghan national linked to an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the 20...
Saudi Arabia said its air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it could enter prohibited airspace over the holy city, as attacks by the Iran-aligned group deepen regional tensions.
Russian air strikes injured 13 and damaged buildings in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and in the Black Sea port city of Odesa in the early hours of Thursday, officials said on the Telegram messaging app.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hoped the war against Iran was nearing its end and that Tehran wanted to reach a deal, but Iran dismissed his comments as “mixed signals” as the conflict approaches its seventh month.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said a Togo-flagged oil tanker was struck while attempting to make an “illegal passage” through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said early on Friday.
The European Union will disburse €3.3 billion ($3.8 billion) to Ukraine for missiles and drones, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The European Union will disburse €3.3 billion ($3.8 billion) to Ukraine for missiles and drones, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
World leaders are gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly as the world faces one of its most challenging periods in decades. The high-level debates begin Tuesday against the backdrop of wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, AI, climate change and the race for a new UN chief.
Nigerian authorities have opened an investigation into the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners who died while being held at a detention facility in Niger State, an incident that has sparked public outrage, protests and renewed scrutiny of detention conditions in the country.
Saudi Arabia’s 1,200‑kilometre East‑West pipeline Petroline has been forced to suspend service after militant attacks damaged three pumping stations in the Riyadh and Madinah regions. The line can move about seven million barrels a day, but the damage could take five to six weeks to repair.
Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said.
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