Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 27th of August, covering the latest developments.
Nepal tourism officials said 579 tourists were missing, including more than 400 foreigners, while police warned the death toll could rise. Officials said the disaster near Timure and Syapru Besi damaged or destroyed homes, roads and hydropower projects, with difficult terrain and strong river flows hampering rescue efforts.
A tanker was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, sparking a fire that was later extinguished, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). All crew members were safe and accounted for, with no environmental impact reported. Meanwhile, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani is due in Tehran on Thursday to push for renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy.
Russia launched drones and missiles at Ukraine early Thursday, with explosions heard in Kyiv and damage reported from falling debris. Two people were injured in Kryvyi Rih after missiles hit an industrial facility, while three others were wounded in Zaporizhzhia. A civilian vessel was also damaged overnight at the Danube port of Reni. Meanwhile, EU countries are urging Brussels to revive plans to use immobilised Russian sovereign assets to help fund Ukraine.
Meta Platforms will pay up to $18 billion over the next decade and impose stricter limits on teenagers’ use of Facebook and Instagram under settlements with nearly all U.S. states. The agreement follows allegations that Meta designed its platforms to addict children and misled the public about their safety. Teenagers will generally be limited to two hours of daily use and blocked from accessing the platforms between midnight and 6 a.m. without parental consent.
The U.S. military commission has set 5 June 2028 as the trial date for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants. The case has faced more than two decades of delays over evidence, jurisdiction and the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody.
Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, a Reuters witness said, as...
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani is due in Tehran on Thur...
Israel is set to return the body of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy more than nine months after he was killed by Israeli forces and his remains were ...
Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyiv has recently received a small number of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. It comes as Britain and France pledged stronger military support for Ukraine.
Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162 people.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, a Reuters witness said, as Russia was hitting Ukraine with drones and missiles in the early hours of Thursday.
Israel is set to return the body of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy more than nine months after he was killed by Israeli forces and his remains were placed in Israeli custody, according to a Palestinian campaign seeking the return of bodies.
Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles apologised to residents of Ceuta on Tuesday over the government’s handling of a mass migrant crossing from Morocco into the Spanish exclave in late July.
More than a quarter of a century after the 11 September 2001 attacks, the U.S. case against alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants finally has a trial date: 5 June 2028.
Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162 people.
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