Anadolu's Morning Briefing - March 26, 2023

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

Germany and the EU reached an agreement to end a lingering dispute concerning the future of vehicles with combustion engines.

At least 19 militants were killed in US airstrikes on military bases housing Iranian militias in eastern Syria.

More than 2,000 irregular migrants have arrived in Italy in the last 24 hours, according to media reports.

Yemeni Defense Minister Mohsen al-Daeri survived an assassination attempt in southwestern Yemen, according to a local official.

Amid massive demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension changes, 15 investigations have been launched in France into police violence against protesters.

Demonstrators also took to the streets in Paris to protest an immigration draft bill.

An explosion at a chocolate factory in the northeastern US state of Pennsylvania has killed five people and sent several to the hospital.

Tunisia’s Coast Guard retrieved the bodies of nine illegal migrants who drowned off the country’s coast.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in a shooting attack near the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank.

Gordon Moore, one of the founders of US chipmaker, Intel, and a central figure in the history of Silicon Valley, has died. He was 94.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia will complete the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus in a move certain to stoke tensions in war-torn Ukraine and Western allies.

Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark signed a letter of intent to create a unified Nordic air defense aimed at countering the rising threat seen from Russia, the nations announced.

Thousands joined rallies across Israel to protest controversial government plans to change the judicial system.

Pope Francis expanded a law against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the Vatican’s official news agency reported.

Peruvian Kimberly Garcia broke the race walk world record in the Women's 35km Race Walking (20km-30km-50km) at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold.

At least 25 people were killed and dozens injured when a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi.