AnewZ Morning Brief - 17th August, 2025
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 17th of August, covering the latest developments you need to k...
Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet behind closed doors at Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace at 10:00 local time today to explore security guarantees, territorial integrity and a possible ceasefire.
Negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian delegations are scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (11:00 Baku time) on Tuesday at the Dolmabahçe presidential office in Istanbul. The meeting will be held behind closed doors and marks the first direct dialogue between the two sides in more than three years.
The Ukrainian delegation includes Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office; Defence Minister Rustem Umerov; Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha; and Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the presidential office.
Representing Russia are presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, General Staff intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov, and Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin.
Discussion points are expected to include security guarantees, territorial integrity, and potential ceasefire arrangements.
Although the initiative for renewed talks reportedly came from Moscow, the Kremlin has stated that President Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend the meeting in person.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 56 kilometres east of Gorgan in northern Iran early Sunday morning, according to preliminary seismic data.
A deadly heatwave has claimed 1,180 lives in Spain since May, with elderly people most at risk, prompting calls for urgent social support.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 17th of August, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Anti-government demonstrations in Serbia intensified on Saturday (August 16), as police deployed teargas and crowd-control vehicles to disperse protesters in Belgrade.
US President Donald Trump is pushing for a trilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as early as 22 August, according to Axios.
Air Canada announced Saturday that it has suspended all flights after 10,000 flight attendants launched a strike, forcing Canada’s largest airline to halt operations of both Air Canada and its low-cost subsidiary, Air Canada Rouge.
At least 31 people, including seven children and a pregnant woman, were killed and 13 others injured in artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher’s Abu Shouk displacement camp in North Darfur on Saturday, volunteer groups said.
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