Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 26th of August, covering the latest developments.
The U.S. will focus on economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran rather than launching new strikes for the time being according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Axios reports that Rubio made the statement to allied foreign ministers. Meanwhile Iran and Oman resumed talks on a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz. Five commodity vessels crossed the strait on Tuesday, well below the 10-day average of 15, according to the latest Kpler data.
U.S. President Donald Trump has formally sent a 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress for review. The deal would give U.S. companies a central role in developing the kingdom’s nuclear infrastructure. Uranium enrichment remains a key concern because of its potential link to nuclear weapons development. The agreement is also tied to wider U.S. efforts to encourage Saudi-Israeli diplomatic normalisation.
Officials from both Moscow and Kyiv are finalising lists of people who could be released, according to Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova. The latest major exchange took place on 19 August, with each side releasing 103 servicemen. The United Arab Emirates mediated the exchange. Prisoner swaps remain one of the few areas of practical cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv since the war began in 2022.
At least 15 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The fire broke out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), a local broadcaster, Geo TV, reported. The blaze was reportedly caused by a fault in the hospital’s air conditioning system. Sixteen newborns were in the gynaecology ward when the fire started, with one infant rescued.
China’s coastal and southern regions are bracing for days of heavy rain as Typhoon Narra moves inland and Saudel approaches the eastern coast. Narra made landfall in Hainan on Tuesday after lingering over the Beibu Gulf for several days. Authorities in Guangxi and Hainan have evacuated tens of thousands of people and suspended some businesses and tourism activities. Saudel is expected to make landfall between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on Thursday or Friday.
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Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), adding to concerns about energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline on Saturday.
A Kyiv-Warsaw train was struck near the Polish border, Ukraine's state railway firm said on Sunday. No passengers were injured. Ukrainian Railways said that the country's railways were facing systematic attacks for a second day and warned of widespread delays.
U.S. Central Command said 101 commercial vessels have been redirected in the Strait of Hormuz, while oil prices rose more than three per cent amid fresh regional attacks and supply concerns.
A Russian strike on a farm warehouse in Pryluky, north-central Ukraine, has killed at least three people, local police said. Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said an attack on a train near the Polish border was an attempt to intimidate Ukraine's allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump has again said Iran is keen to reach a deal quickly, but a senior Iranian security official rejected the claim, saying Tehran will not negotiate until its conditions are met.
A drone hit a petrol station in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that there was also a strike on warehouse facilities in another part of the city.
University students in Mexico have held a vigil for a 21-year-old Spanish exchange student killed in the central state of Morelos, with authorities investigating her death as a possible feminicide.
Every day since a torrent of mud and rocks destroyed a Nepal-China border crossing high up in the Himalayas last month, Arushi Gupta's parents have called and messaged their missing daughter hoping she somehow survived.
Foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand delivered opening statements on Tuesday at the first meeting of a UN arbitration process to resolve a long-running maritime dispute between the two Southeast Asian neighbours.
A federal judge has halted a Trump administration immigration policy that would have significantly changed how long foreign students, exchange visitors and international journalists can remain in the United States.
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