Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing

ANKARA

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

• Türkiye and Indonesia signed two agreements and five memorandums of understanding Monday with boosting bilateral cooperation in their sights as top Turkish officials visit the country for a summit of the G-20.

• The person who left the bomb that caused the explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue has been arrested, said Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.

• The perpetrator of the deadly terrorist attack on Istanbul’s popular Istiklal Avenue took the order from the YPG/PYD/PKK terrorist group in Syria, said Turkish authorities.

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson, days after Russian forces announced their withdrawal from the region and the western bank of the Dnieper River.

• Four more civilians were injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region as intense fighting there forced locals to take refuge in bunkers, said a Ukrainian official.

• Canada sanctioned 23 Russians and said it will add another CAN$500 million (US$377 million) in military aid for Ukraine, bringing the total assistance provided to date to CAN$3.4 billion (US$2.56 billion).

• One person was killed in missile attacks on the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in northern Iraq, according to local health authorities.

• Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had launched fresh aerial strikes against Kurdish armed groups in northern Iraq.

• An Israeli was shot dead by a soldier on suspicion of being a Palestinian attempting to attack him.

• At least three people were killed and two others wounded in a US university shooting as police search for the gunman, who is suspected to be a student, said an official.

• Britain and France signed a new joint declaration to stop Channel migrant crossings.

• The UK announced further sanctions against Iranian officials in response to the country's violent crackdown on protesters, a government statement said.

• Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has dismissed three high-ranking government officials, aggravating the deep political crisis the Caribbean country is undergoing.

• An employee and researcher of the government-owned energy company Hydro-Quebec in Canada was charged with spying for China.

• Thousands of Spanish truck drivers began an indefinite strike because they say their costs outweigh what they earn.