Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Aug. 23, 2022

By Vakkas Dogantekin

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

The UN children's agency, UNICEF, said that nearly 1,000 children have been killed or injured in Ukraine since Russia launched its war in late February.

Iran has dropped its demand that the US remove its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from a terror blacklist as part of ongoing talks to return both countries to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, the State Department said.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Iran’s response to the proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was “reasonable.”

The US rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appeal for Western countries to impose blanket travel bans on Russian nationals, saying it is important to distinguish between the actions of the Kremlin and the Russian people.

Türkiye has saved the lives of irregular migrants who were illegally pushed back by Greece, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged to create an Indigenous ministry and to stop illegal gold prospecting if he is elected in October.

Americans are "suffering" at the highest rate in the past 14 years, according to a Gallup poll.

The EU foreign policy chief called the recent crackdown by Israeli forces on six Palestinian NGOs “unacceptable.”

The annual inflation rate in Germany could reach double digits by the fall, according to the country’s central bank.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) held Ukrainian authorities responsible for killing Darya Dugina, a Russian journalist.

Ukraine is not a “criminal state” like Russia and so had nothing to do with the weekend killing of a relative of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies, according to a top Ukrainian official.

Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga filed a legal challenge at the nation’s Supreme Court against the declared winner of the Aug. 9 presidential election.

A Lebanese political source denied reports that Beirut was close to reaching an agreement on maritime border demarcation with Israel.

Political tension in Pakistan deepened after authorities registered a case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan under the Anti-Terrorism Act and hundreds of his supporters reached his residence in Bani Gala near the capital Islamabad to show solidarity.

A top Ukrainian intelligence officer was found dead in his home over the weekend, according to local media.