Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 25th of August, covering the latest developments.
Britain and France have pledged stronger military support for Ukraine, including access to classified technology for Storm Shadow missile production and faster deliveries of air defence interceptors. Kyiv says it needs at least 300 Patriot missiles to prepare for potential Russian strikes on cities and energy infrastructure. The announcement comes as Ukraine continues to step up drone attacks on Russian oil facilities, including the Afipsky refinery in the Krasnodar region.
The move is expected to make it easier for international banks, investors and companies to engage with Syria as it seeks funding for reconstruction. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the decision reflects steps by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government to distance itself from terrorism and cooperate on security issues. Syria has sought closer ties with Western countries since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
The new package targets 60 individuals, entities and vessels, while Chinese financial institutions suspected of facilitating Iranian oil trade were notably excluded. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned countries and businesses that continued dealings with Iran could put their access to the U.S. dollar-based financial system at risk. Tehran has vowed to respond, with Iranian officials warning of attacks on U.S. interests and energy chokepoints if its infrastructure is threatened.
Armenia is moving closer to the European Union, but its potential membership bid is not currently part of the EU’s immediate enlargement agenda. Yerevan has adopted legislation to begin the accession process, but it has yet to formally submit an EU membership application. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia is likely to apply soon and suggested that any future referendum on EU membership should follow a response from Brussels.
At least 47 people were killed and 22 more injured in an overnight gang raid on a neighborhood overlooking Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the United Nations said on Monday. Residents have accused local authorities of failing to protect them, while the government pledged to strengthen security and restore control. The violence comes as Haiti prepares for a possible election in December, amid growing concerns over the gangs' expanding influence.
Peace is Armenia’s only reliable guarantee of security, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in comments in Dublin, where he also...
Hungarian authorities have recovered nearly $20 million in cash hidden in buildings and buried in forests as part of a bribery investigation into M...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold a historic trilateral meeting in She...
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has backed withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and overhauling the country’s defence doctrine, calling both steps essential to national security and deterrence.
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks while the United States continues to work towards what could become the largest prisoner exchange of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Microsoft struggled to restore its services on Friday after a major outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot across the United States and Asia-Pacific region.
Here's your AnewZ Technology Daily Brief for the 13th of November. This week, a Microsoft outage hit Australian agencies, Google restricted mapping data in South Korea, a lawsuit targeted advanced AI development, and Nvidia faced a leadership crisis after Jensen Huang's resignation.
Kazakhstan-linked hackers stole thousands of national security documents from Tajikistan, a cybersecurity company has said.
Hungarian authorities have recovered nearly $20 million in cash hidden in buildings and buried in forests as part of a bribery investigation into Miklós Seszták, a former minister under ex-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold a historic trilateral meeting in Shenzhen on 19 November. The White House says the talks will focus on nuclear arms reductions, with Iran also on the agenda.
U.S. negotiators floated the idea of Ukraine withdrawing from the eastern Donbas region in exchange for NATO membership, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
China is taking its space technology ambitions beyond its borders, with a major deal to build a network of 20 artificial intelligence-powered satellites for Oman.
Europe will send a team of diplomats to Ukraine peace talks rather than a single envoy, EU leaders agreed on Friday at the end of a summit in Dublin.
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