Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 7 October 2026. These are the top five things to expect from the CIS summit in Turkmenistan.
Iran's President makes debut
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to make his CIS debut, having been invited to an expanded session of the CIS Council of Heads of State. Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov called it a first in the bloc's history. The Iranian government said Pezeshkian will attend as a special guest. The visit gives Tehran a chance to strengthen ties with regional neighbours as tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high.
The week opens with a foreign ministers' meeting on Wednesday, followed on Thursday by a consultative meeting between Central Asian leaders and Azerbaijan. On Friday, the Council of Heads of State meet in Turkmenistan’s eastern resort town of Awaza. Turkmenistan holds the CIS chairmanship in 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Turkmenistan on Thursday. He is scheduled to meet Iranian President Pezeshkian on Friday to discuss the Middle East and bilateral cooperation. The two leaders last met in Bishkek in early September. Putin will also hold a one-on-one meeting with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow on Thursday.
Russian Presidential Aide Ushakov said no separate meeting between Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is planned in Turkmenistan. Relations between the two countries have soured over Armenia’s European Union ambitions and pivot away from Moscow.
The Caspian Environmental Summit will be held on Friday, following talks in an expanded format. Leaders of all five countries bordering the Caspian Sea will take part. These are Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan.The shrinking of the Caspian Sea will be discussed.
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed at least two people and injured 15 others, including two children, Ukrainian authorities said.&nbs...
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Russia is willing in principle to resume peace talks with Ukraine and the United States in November, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after President Vladimir Putin met U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.
Saudi Aramco has ordered staff to evacuate its headquarters amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Two people were killed in an attack on Dammam airport, while Iran's IRGC Navy claimed strikes on seven vessels and warned the U.S. of a wider response.
Yemen's Houthis have denied targeting the holy city of Medina on Wednesday adding that they have not conducted any military operations towards Saudi Arabia either, denying earlier comments from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed at least two people and injured 15 others, including two children, Ukrainian authorities said. Meanwhile, Russia said it had intercepted the vast majority of 630 Ukrainian drones launched towards Moscow.
Georgia’s Constitutional Court in Batumi will on Wednesday hear a lawsuit seeking to ban five Georgian opposition parties, four of which collectively gained 784,820 votes (37.79 per cent) in the country’s last national elections in 2024.
Saudi Aramco has ordered staff to evacuate its headquarters amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Two people were killed in an attack on Dammam airport, while Iran's IRGC Navy claimed strikes on seven vessels and warned the U.S. of a wider response.
Kazakhstan is preparing sweeping military reforms after 14 service members died during exercises in the Caspian Sea. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev approved the plans on 21 October, with major changes to training, oversight and defence capabilities set to begin in 2027.
Iranian officials have stepped up warnings of retaliation amid the threat of renewed U.S.-Israeli strikes, while signalling that a diplomatic solution remains possible if Washington demonstrates a sincere commitment to rebuilding trust.
Investing in children means more than funding schools and hospitals. At a major international summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, leaders and experts called for a joined-up approach to healthcare, education and social protection to improve children's lives.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have unveiled a strategic partnership to deepen trade, defence and energy ties, marking a major step in relations between the two NATO allies.
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