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. efforts to squeeze Iran’s economy through an oil blockade and sanctions are becoming increasingly difficult for Tehran to withstand, acc...
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia then Ukraine over the weekend, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citi...
The 83rd Venice Film Festival has opened on the Lido, bringing Hollywood stars and leading filmmakers together for a programme dominated by war, po...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he thinks there is a chance of a peace being reached with Ukraine. He told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia that he believed there was "a chance of finding a solution," to the conflict.
The Iranian Health Ministry said at least 18 people were killed and 142 others injured in U.S. airstrikes carried out between 30 August and 2 September.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia then Ukraine over the weekend, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing an unnamed source. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said American envoys will visit the capitals of both countries.
Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 3rd of September, covering the latest developments.
The Iranian Army has again struck at U.S. bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for U.S. attacks on southern and western parts of Iran late on Tuesday, which reportedly killed 18 people and injured more than 100 others.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia then Ukraine over the weekend, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing an unnamed source. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said American envoys will visit the capitals of both countries.
Southern Chinese provinces were bracing for more torrential rain on Friday after Typhoon Saudel triggered severe flooding, swamping vehicles, collapsing at least one building and forcing mass evacuations.
President Donald Trump is leaving more than a paper trail from his time in office. The U.S. is now minting commemorative $1 coins for America’s 250th anniversary, featuring a portrait of the sitting president.
Pacific Island leaders expressed concern about China's Pacific missile test at their annual summit, though Nauru formally dissented, in a meeting largely overshadowed by Beijing's objections to Taiwan's presence.
China’s southern coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong are bracing for more torrential rain after Typhoon Saudel triggered widespread flooding, swept away vehicles and caused a three-storey building to collapse.
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