Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for March 3rd, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. Drone hits apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv
A Russian drone attacked a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, late on Sunday, causing a fire and injuring eight people, according to the city's mayor. Emergency crews were on site, with firefighters working to extinguish the blaze on the building's top floor, as shown in a video released by Ukraine's State Emergency Service. The mayor confirmed that none of the injured required hospital treatment.
2. Türkiye prepares military response if PKK rejects disarmament
Turkey is preparing a military plan if the PKK refuses to disarm despite Abdullah Öcalan's calls. The PKK had previously declared a ceasefire, but Erdogan warned that military operations would resume if the group stalls. Türkiye has set a timeline for disarmament, with plans for handling weapons and leaders in Turkey, Iraq, and Syria.
3. "Anora" wins Oscar for best picture
The 2025 Oscars: “Anora” won best picture at the 97th Academy Awards, closing out a fairy-tale night for Sean Baker's raw and irreverent tale of a Brooklyn sex worker. The film picked up five Oscars total, including for writing, editing and directing
4. Keir Starmer Hosts European Summit on Ukraine, Unveils Peace Plan and $2 Billion Pledge for Air-Defense Missiles
The prime minister outlined four key priorities for the proposal. First, to strengthen Ukraine’s position for future negotiations, Starmer pledged an increase in UK support, including a £2.26 billion ($2.84 billion) loan, funded by frozen Russian assets. Ukraine will also access £1.6 billion ($2 billion) from UK export finance to purchase 5,000 air-defense missiles.
Second, Starmer emphasized European leaders’ commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and security. The third priority was ensuring Ukraine’s strong defense against potential future invasions.
5. Azerbaijan, Iran mull interparliamentary relations
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Iran, Ali Alizada, held discussions with Sudayf Badri, head of the Iran-Azerbaijan interparliamentary friendship group, along with other group members, regarding bilateral relations. According to the embassy's post on X, they shared perspectives on strengthening ties and furthering mutually beneficial cooperation between the friendship groups.
6. SpaceX prepares for expected eighth test flight
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is positioned on the launch pad, with Starship set to be placed on top, ahead of its eighth test flight scheduled for March 3, 2025, at the company's Boca Chica complex near Brownsville, Texas
Russian strikes killed three people near a grocery store in Kharkiv and another three in western Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, hours...
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's milit...
One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi ...
The explosion at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday afternoon killed at least 12 people and injured a further 309, according to Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority. The airport remains closed until further notice.
Yemen's Houthis renewed warning to airlines, airport workers, and travellers against using Saudi airports, saying the warning should be taken seriously and that the kingdom “bore responsibility for failed interceptions”, a day after an attack on Riyadh's international airport that killed 12 people.
Ukraine is ready to stop attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow also halts strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed surprise after Donald Trump mediated the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement in 2025, the U.S. President said at a rally in New York state on Friday.
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's fourth launch in a month and following Seoul's recent test of a hypersonic missile.
Russian strikes killed three people near a grocery store in Kharkiv and another three in western Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement began as an online satire-driven initiative and evolved into a protest group challenging political and institutional decisions. It has since drawn attention over education-related grievances and is now calling for the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner.
The Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others at Fort Hood in 2009, has raised questions about the legality of broadcasting executions and the limits of military justice.
Within a week of the death of Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old worker at a Siberian plague institute, a neighbouring governor raised the possibility of plague, regulators found no evidence of it and Irkutsk lifted its quarantine. What killed her remains unexplained.
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