Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 19th of August, covering the latest developments.
U.S. President Donald Trump has paused a planned 50% tariff increase on Canadian goods for three days, saying Washington and Ottawa had reached a preliminary agreement. The announcement followed a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, just hours before the tariffs were due to take effect. Trump said the two countries had “a deal”, but acknowledged that the documents still needed to be finalised.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed on Tuesday as shipowners remain cautious over the waterways' reopening following the Iran war. Kpler data showed six commodity vessels crossed the Strait on Tuesday, down from nine the previous day and below the 10-day average of 11. U.S. President Donald Trump said no talks were taking place with Iran and insisted the Strait was open, contradicting Tehran's claim that it remained closed to shipping.
South Korea and the U.S. are scaling back their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises following President Donald Trump's order to substantially reduce American participation. The drills will now end on 21 August instead of 27 August. Some field manoeuvres will be reduced, while live-training activities will be cancelled or replaced by computer simulations. The changes come as Trump seeks to revive diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, while Pyongyang continues to condemn the exercises as preparations for an invasion.
An Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians and wounded 14 others at a café in western Gaza City, according to Gaza health officials. Israel said the strike targeted Hamas commanders and other militants, including one it said who took part in the 7 October, 2023 attack, but provided no evidence. The strike came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner left the region without a breakthrough in efforts to advance Washington’s Gaza peace plan.
At least nine people, including a child, were killed in a hotel fire in Kolkata, India, on Wednesday. Around 30 people were safely evacuated from the building, while at least six others were reportedly receiving hospital treatment for injuries. Police said an electrical short circuit may have triggered the blaze, but the exact cause remains under investigation.
Türkiye could become an increasingly important outlet for Iraqi crude as Baghdad develops new export routes to reduce its reliance on the Stra...
Operations at several energy facilities in Saudi Arabia were suspended on Tuesday after attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces injured more than 70 ...
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at leas...
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.
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 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.
Indonesia has reopened Jakarta's main airport and four others after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau forced widespread flight cancellations, though fresh eruptions have kept authorities on alert.
Israel said on Tuesday it was closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem after the UK, France and Canada announced plans to restrict imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
France will move to restrict imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, joining 11 other countries backing or considering similar measures, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Tuesday.
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.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a €200 million ($232 million) deal with Greenland, called the Global Gateway Partnership Package, aimed at strengthening the EU-Greenland partnership, amid growing U.S. interest in the Arctic island.
Britain is set to ban trade in goods and some services from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as the government steps up efforts to protect the prospects of a two-state solution.
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