Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 12th of August, covering the latest developments.
The U.S. has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump told reporters in the American state of Maryland on Tuesday, adding that he had no trust in the Iranian leadership. Iran has yet to respond to the U.S. President. Earlier, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the waterway “would not” reopen while Washington persisted with its naval blockade.
The Zangezur Corridor is not only a transport route, but also a future platform for energy, telecommunications and wider regional integration, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has said in an interview with Azerbaijan State Television. The Zangezur Corridor would connect mainland Azerbaijan with its landlocked exclave of Nakhchivan via highways and railways, as well as electricity lines, fibre-optic cable and energy pipelines.
A fifth consecutive day of attacks on energy infrastructure in the western Libyan city of Zawiya has left large parts of the south of the city without power. Repeated attacks on the Zawiya power station had caused severe damage to the facility, Libya's General Electricity Company said. Strikes on the country's largest oil refinery, located in the city, in recent days have caused huge fires.
Lebanon abolishes death penalty in Middle East first
Lebanon has abolished the death penalty, in an historical first for the Middle East. The country’s Parliament voted to replace death sentences with life imprisonment. Lebanon has not carried out an execution since 2004, but courts have continued to hand down death sentences. International human rights organisations and the European Union praised the decision.
Taiwan has accused China of trying to assert control over areas surround the island, after Beijing announced plans to hold joint military drills with Indonesia near Taiwan's eastern waters later in August. China has said the drills are routine maritime exercises, but Taiwanese officials view them as a move aimed at strengthening Beijing's claim over nearby waters.
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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