Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 10th of August, covering the latest developments.
A Houthi attack on Yemen's port city of Mocha has killed at least seven people and wounded 30, while Yemeni forces said they intercepted 11 drones, amid renewed tensions around the Red Sea and key shipping routes. The escalation comes as Washington reaffirms its support for Yemen against the Iran-backed group, while U.S. President Donald Trump has played down diplomacy with Tehran, saying the two sides are only “semi-negotiating” and that Washington is largely watching economic pressure build on Iran.
Iran is moving to ratify the 2018 Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, the only one of the five littoral states yet to do so. The push comes amid heightened security concerns following recent Ukrainian strikes in the Caspian and growing economic pressure on Tehran, as Iran seeks closer cooperation with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan and a stronger position in regional trade routes.
Taiwan conducted live-fire drills on the strategically important Penghu Islands, simulating the defence against a Chinese air and coastal landing as part of its 10-day Han Kuang military exercises. The drills come as Taipei responds to growing pressure from Beijing and prepares to propose a 16 per cent increase in defence spending for 2027, taking the budget above T$1 trillion (about $31 billion) for the first time.
At least six people were killed and dozens injured in overnight Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia's Belgorod region. Meanwhile Russian missile and drone attacks killed two people in Kharkiv and injured eight others in Odesa, according to regional authorities.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has raised the possibility of a future joint defence framework in the South Caucasus, modelled on the agreement recently signed by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He linked the idea to progress towards an Azerbaijan-Armenia peace agreement, saying a settlement could create new security and economic opportunities across the region.
A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five other people injured, some seriously, after shots were fired at a rave in Aarau, northern Switzerland,...
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions&nb...
Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on transit arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will remain closed until the U.S...
Iran is setting conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions. At the same time, Washington is stepping up economic pressure on Tehran through what the White House calls “Operation Economic Outcast.”
Mail sorting centres used by Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, were destroyed in Russian strikes overnight, the firm said. Elsewhere, four people were injured after drones struck an apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused U.S. government and Israel-aligned actors of manipulating energy markets to promote the war with Iran.
Russian strikes on the Kyiv region overnight killed 37 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Zelenskyy added that the Ukrainian capital was under "virtually nonstop attack" from drones.
The Israeli-U.S. invasion of Iran, which began on 28 February, entered its seventh month on Friday, as Tehran wrapped up a week of high-level visits the region, with officials from Pakistan, Oman and Qatar helping to negotiate a way out of the current stalemate in the conflict.
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months.
Icelanders have voted to stay outside the European Union, rejecting a government-backed proposal to reopen membership negotiations and keeping the country’s long-running debate over EU membership unresolved, according to the latest counting figures.
A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five other people injured, some seriously, after shots were fired at a rave in Aarau, northern Switzerland, police said on Sunday.
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet rose to 750 on Sunday, with 3,044 people still missing, as fresh rainfall pushed up river levels and forced rescuers to move to higher ground.
Groundwater has fallen by as much as 150 to 200 metres in some parts of Kabul, according to a senior water official, as families in Afghanistan’s capital struggle with dry wells and increasingly unreliable supplies.
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