Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 18th of August, covering the latest developments.
A senior Iranian official said Tehran could take “timely and precise” military action to break a U.S. naval blockade. The warning came after Washington ruled out extending a temporary ceasefire, and a 60-day deadline for a broader peace deal expired without agreement. Meanwhile, a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, damaging its engine room and injuring a crew member, according to UKMTO.
Russia said hundreds of drones targeted the Moscow region overnight, with air defences intercepting 180. Strikes and falling debris damaged a Wildberries warehouse and other facilities, injuring at least three people. Moldova separately condemned an unidentified aerial object entering its airspace and exploding near the Ukrainian border. Meanwhile, Russia said it struck two cargo vessels in the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa and Mykolaiv.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for stronger independent defence capabilities while defending annual civil-defence exercises held alongside joint U.S.-South Korea drills. His remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce the joint exercises and said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had responded to his outreach.
Economic losses from last week’s powerful earthquake in Colombia are preliminarily estimated at 30 trillion pesos ($9.58 billion), President Abelardo de la Espriella said. The 7.4-magnitude quake killed around 290 people, left 140 missing and injured nearly 4,000, with Cali and Pereira among the worst-hit areas.
A Grade 9 student reportedly brought a pistol and rifle onto campus and opened fire inside a classroom, killing a Grade 10 student before killing himself. Two other students were injured. The school confirmed the situation was under control. The shooting comes less than two months after an attack at a high school in Tacloban City that killed three students. School shootings are rare in the Philippines, despite illegal firearms remaining in circulation.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to en...
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has scored a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, emerging as the strongest party in the easter...
Türkiye plans to increase defence spending by 229 per cent under a three-year economic plan designed to boost domestic arms production and adv...
An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau has disrupted air travel, school activities and fishing operations, with hundreds of passengers stranded at Jakarta’s main airport on Sunday.
At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, 6 September, local officials said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States must recognise that the “rules of the game” in its war against Iran had changed “before it is too late”, a day after Washington struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.
Two Greek military pilots were killed on Saturday when an F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during an air show at Tanagra air base, north of Athens, officials said.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow for peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, two people familiar with the matter said. They were met by Russian Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
A battle over the future of the European Union’s diplomatic service is deepening divisions over who controls the bloc’s foreign policy, as EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas pushes back against plans to overhaul her service.
Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) 2026 has begun in Azerbaijan’s capital, bringing together government representatives, business leaders, investors, researchers and climate experts from across the world to advance practical solutions for tackling climate change.
The Strait of Hormuz is moving into a more complicated stage of the U.S.-Iran war. Tehran says it will establish a new restricted maritime zone around the waterway, while Iran and Oman are preparing to formalise a separate shipping route intended to restore at least part of commercial traffic.
The European Union is preparing to boost investment in Greenland, as Brussels moves to deepen political and economic ties with the Arctic territory amid growing strategic competition involving the U.S., Russia and China.
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