Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Aug. 30, 2022

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

With another 10 deaths over the past 24 hours, the overall toll from massive floods caused by unprecedented monsoon rains across Pakistan reached 1,061, an official said.

A flag was raised on Parliament Hill in Canada's capital Ottawa to remember the 150,000 Indigenous children forced into Indian Residential Schools.

Greece’s parliament voted to form a committee of inquiry into a surveillance scandal that has rocked the country’s political scene, local media reported.

NASA set Sept. 2 as its goal to launch a new moon mission rocket after calling off its launch just hours prior due to problems with fueling its brand-new engine.

Ukraine announced a major offensive against its Russian-held southern regions.

Türkiye has sent five planes loaded with humanitarian aid to flood-hit Pakistan.

Amid deadly unrest in Iraq, influential Shia cleric and Sadrist movement head Muqtada al-Sadr announced that he has resigned from politics and was staging a hunger strike until the violence came to an end, according to the official INA news agency.

At least 13 protesters were killed after supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the Republican Palace, the seat of the Iraqi government in Baghdad, while 350 others were injured.

The US denied reports claiming it has begun evacuating diplomats from its embassy in Baghdad amid mass unrest.

The Iraqi military's Joint Operations Command declared a comprehensive curfew in all provinces until further notice.

Russia "has essentially militarized" Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the US charged ahead of an anticipated visit to the facility by international inspectors.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined his vision for a new European Union, calling for much greater unity among European states against Russia.

Germany proposed creating a new joint air defense system in Europe against growing threats from adversaries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Muslim countries were Moscow's "traditional partners in efforts to build a more democratic and just world."

Some 22,500 children died from air pollution in Nigeria's most populous southwestern state of Lagos in 2021, according to environmental authorities.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog traveled to Switzerland to mark the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, which took place in Basel.

Japan’s prime minister announced a $30 billion investment in Africa, saying his country will contribute vigorously to African development.

Iran's president said the country’s nuclear industry has become 'indigenous,' as Israel has been unable to stop it through “sabotage, assassinations and threats.”