Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine are "very close to a deal" with "most of the major points agreed" - as he called for the two sides to meet.
The UN food agency has warned its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade....
A Dutch town hall has admitted it "most likely" threw away dozens of pieces of art, including a print by Andy Warhol....
A Russian general has been killed by a car bomb near Moscow, the country's top criminal investigation agency says....
The Kremlin has blamed Ukraine for a car bomb that killed a Russian general near Moscow hours before Donald Trump's envoy was due to meet Vladimir Putin in the capital....
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said the US and Russia are moving in the "right direction" to end the war in Ukraine....
Pakistan's defence minister has told Sky News that a row over a mass shooting in Kashmir could lead to an "all-out war" between his country and India....
Events in Ukraine over the last 24 hours have been utterly barbaric. Bad even by the standards of this horrendous war. ...
Donald Trump wants to emulate Vladimir Putin and "govern his own country in a similar fashion", his former national security adviser has said....
Donald Trump has claimed a deal to end Russia's war on Ukraine is "very close" and urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "get it done", even as Russian missiles and drones brought more carnage to Kyiv overnight....
The White House is desperate for a breakthrough....
The top diplomats from the UK, US, France, Germany and Ukraine have postponed a plan to meet in London on Wednesday for high-level talks on how to end Russia's war....
Christians from Gaza's only Catholic church have paid tribute to Pope Francis, who called them "every day" during the Israel-Hamas war....
Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about ending Russia's "brutal war" on Ukraine in their latest phone call on Easter Monday, as Vladimir Putin said he was open to bilateral talks....
Crime syndicates behind a multibillion-pound cyber scam industry are expanding globally as governments in South East Asia struggle to contain them, a UN report has warned....
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has been linked to a second group chat about sensitive military operations, which he reportedly shared with his wife, brother and personal lawyer....
US President Donald Trump has said he hopes Russia and Ukraine "will make a deal this week" as Vladimir Putin's "Easter truce" expired, with the two countries blaming each other for breaking it....
As people take a break for the Easter holiday, in the Gaza Strip there is no respite from the 18-month-long war with Israel....
A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS)....
Well it is something, but it's by no means everything - a ceasefire for 30 hours, not 30 days....
Russian attacks on Ukraine continued overnight into Easter Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says - despite Vladimir Putin announcing a 30-hour "Easter truce"....
Donald Trump has threatened to "take a pass" on attempts to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, as he denied the Kremlin was playing him....
Canadians are facing the "biggest crisis" of their lifetimes, Mark Carney has warned....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused US envoy Steve Witkoff of "spreading Russian narratives" about the Ukraine war - as he said a much-anticipated minerals deal was moving closer....
Jean Claude Van Damme appears to have told Vladimir Putin that he wants to come to Russia as an '"ambassador of peace"....
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the question in the upcoming national vote is who would be the best candidate to deal with US President Donald Trump....
A US federal judge has warned that he could hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador....
A paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese military has announced it is forming a rival government, as the country's civil war passes its second anniversary....
China's economy performed better than expected in the first quarter of the year - but it reflects a moment in time before the explosive trade war with the US, which has seen the world's two biggest economies effectively decouple....
It was in the evening that the bombing started to intensify....
Ukraine's military says it has struck the base of the Russian missile brigade behind Sunday's devastating attack on Sumy....