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.
A Saudi AH-6i helicopter crashed in the Najran region of Saudi Arabi...
Several people have been killed and injured following a serious incident that sparked a major fire at a Canadian military base in Albert...
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The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It comes after a deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 people last week.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called it “a disgrace” that Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. Attacks are continuing from Russia and Ukraine as media reports say Ukraine has almost run out of Patriot interceptor missiles.
An unknown projectile struck a tanker 68 nautical miles northeast of Saudi Arabia on Friday according to a report released by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Saturday.
What started out as planned protests against the cost of living, declining public services and education funding in France, quickly devolved into violent riots across the country on Saturday.
Nationwide protests are set to begin in France on Saturday with students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement expected to demonstrate against rising living costs amongst others.
Several people have been killed and injured following a serious incident that sparked a major fire at a Canadian military base in Alberta, Defence Minister David McGuinty confirmed on Saturday (17 October). The cause of the incident and the number of casualties have not been officially released.
The day after waiving sanctions and tariffs related to Russian exports, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has yet to announce a final decision on the matter as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said officials want more time to evaluate the situation.
What started out as planned protests against the cost of living, declining public services and education funding in France, quickly devolved into violent riots across the country on Saturday.
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy and water systems, combined with damaged homes and rising living costs, could force more people to flee this winter, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Friday, as its response plan for the country remains less than 7 per cent funded.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that a potential meeting between Ukraine, the United States and Russia could take place during the G20 summit in Miami in December, although neither Washington nor Moscow has confirmed the talks.
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