Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 14th of August, covering the latest developments.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that Washington will apply measures against Iran that “have never been seen” as part of efforts to economically isolate Tehran. Bessent said further announcements would follow next week, after expanded U.S. sanctions in July targeted shipping and financial networks linked to Iran.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province after a man died from the virus in Bas-Uélé, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The outbreak has now reached Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tshopo. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the epidemic is not yet under control and could, at its current pace, surpass the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN human rights monitors. The combined toll was 30 per cent higher than in June and 70 per cent higher than in the same month last year, making it the highest monthly casualty figure since March 2022.
Record rainfall in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture has killed at least four people and caused widespread disruption, leaving thousands stranded overnight at Narita Airport. More than 360 millimetres of rain fell in parts of Chiba within 24 hours, while road and rail services were disrupted and tens of thousands of households lost power.
Mount Etna’s ongoing volcanic activity has disrupted flights at Catania Airport, with authorities suspending arrivals and departures until 02:00 local time on 15 August because volcanic ash has affected operations. The restrictions come during Sicily’s peak summer holiday season and have affected thousands of travellers.
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said...
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 14th of August, covering the latest developments....
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption contin...
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
Record rainfall in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture has killed four people and left thousands stranded overnight at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, as torrential rain disrupted rail, bus and texi services across the prefracture and left more than 20,000 households without power.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province. A man died of the virus in Bas-Uélé in the north, the African Union’s health agency said.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Navy to abandon its next planned electromagnetic aircraft launch system and return to steam-powered catapults on a future aircraft carrier, while also authorising limited overseas ship construction to help address naval capacity shortfalls.
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