Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing

ANKARA

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said a nuclear deal with Iran could be reached as early as this week.
The UN children's agency warned that children in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel could die in ''devastating numbers'' because of severe malnutrition and the risk of water-borne disease.
Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defended herself after a prosecutor asked that she be sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption.
NATO will stand by Ukraine “as long as it takes,” said the head of the military alliance.
Ukraine banned public events celebrating the country's 31st Independence Day, fearing renewed Russian attacks.
Ukraine’s president vowed to regain control of the Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
The return of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law, said Türkiye’s president, adding that Ankara supports Ukraine's territorial integrity and rejects the illegal annexation of Crimea.
Recent steps to normalize Türkiye's ties with Israel will not weaken the country's support for Palestine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed.
Twitter's former security chief Peiter Zatko dropped a bombshell whistle-blower complaint against his previous employer alleging cybersecurity negligence and mismanagement.
NASA has cleared the uncrewed Artemis I moon mission for launch, setting the stage for US astronauts to later return to the lunar surface for the first time in half a century.
A superyacht that once belonged to sanctioned Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyanskiy but was seized by British authorities was auctioned in Gibraltar.
Sales of new homes in the US fell to their lowest level in July since January 2016, hitting 511,000, according to figures released by the Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development Department.
India terminated the jobs of three officers for the “accidental firing” of a Brahmos missile into neighboring Pakistan.
The current drought in Europe still appears to be the worst in at least 500 years, the Global Drought Observatory, part of the European Commission's research wing, warned in its latest report.
Iraq’s top judicial body suspended its activities following a sit-in staged by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak will go to jail for 12 years as the country’s top court upheld his conviction in a corruption scandal.

ANKARA

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said a nuclear deal with Iran could be reached as early as this week.
The UN children's agency warned that children in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel could die in ''devastating numbers'' because of severe malnutrition and the risk of water-borne disease.
Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defended herself after a prosecutor asked that she be sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption.
NATO will stand by Ukraine “as long as it takes,” said the head of the military alliance.
Ukraine banned public events celebrating the country's 31st Independence Day, fearing renewed Russian attacks.
Ukraine’s president vowed to regain control of the Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
The return of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law, said Türkiye’s president, adding that Ankara supports Ukraine's territorial integrity and rejects the illegal annexation of Crimea.
Recent steps to normalize Türkiye's ties with Israel will not weaken the country's support for Palestine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed.
Twitter's former security chief Peiter Zatko dropped a bombshell whistle-blower complaint against his previous employer alleging cybersecurity negligence and mismanagement.
NASA has cleared the uncrewed Artemis I moon mission for launch, setting the stage for US astronauts to later return to the lunar surface for the first time in half a century.
A superyacht that once belonged to sanctioned Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyanskiy but was seized by British authorities was auctioned in Gibraltar.
Sales of new homes in the US fell to their lowest level in July since January 2016, hitting 511,000, according to figures released by the Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development Department.
India terminated the jobs of three officers for the “accidental firing” of a Brahmos missile into neighboring Pakistan.
The current drought in Europe still appears to be the worst in at least 500 years, the Global Drought Observatory, part of the European Commission's research wing, warned in its latest report.
Iraq’s top judicial body suspended its activities following a sit-in staged by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak will go to jail for 12 years as the country’s top court upheld his conviction in a corruption scandal.