President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting in London on Friday that there was more that Western allies could do to bolster Kyiv’s long-range missile capability....
US President Donald Trump has said US attacks on alleged “narco-terrorists” do not need a declaration of war, and while Congress will be briefed on operations, the recent spate of bombings of vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean will be followed by strikes on land....
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky heads to London for a meeting of its key backers, where Britain’s prime minister has said he will call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles....
British police said they had arrested three men suspected of assisting a foreign intelligence service, and that the alleged offences related to Russia....
US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, complaining that his talks with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war “don’t go anywhere”....
Viral claims of a so-called ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria are stirring heated debate online — but analysts warn that such narratives could undermine fragile peacebuilding efforts....
US President Donald Trump warned Hamas it would be “eradicated” if it breaches the Gaza deal with Israel, but said he would give the Palestinian militant group a chance to honour the truce....
US President Donald Trump has called for Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war along current battle lines - a proposal that would see Moscow keep large areas of Ukrainian territory....
Israel should help the Palestinians “thrive” if it seeks regional integration after the Gaza war is over, said US envoy Jared Kushner, who has been involved in mediation efforts for a ceasefire....
Russia’s foreign ministry said that any peace deal for Ukraine should address the root causes of the conflict to ensure a fundamental and long-term peace, the state TASS news agency reported....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to push the US leader for long-range Tomahawk missiles that can strike deep inside Russia....
Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming - positions that reflect the difficulties facing US plans to secure an end to the war....
The US military has reportedly carried out a strike on another alleged drug smuggling vessel, as the admiral overseeing the Trump administration’s controversial campaign in the Caribbean announced his shock departure....
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure forced emergency power cuts across most of the country on Wednesday, grid operator Ukrenergo said, an extension of controls already put in place on Tuesday....
Israel would not have been able to sustain its wars across the Middle East without the United States’ significant financial backing of more than $21 billion since October 2023, according to a pair of new reports....
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he told Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato that the Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy....
Israel’s defence minister threatened to resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of a US-backed ceasefire that halted the war in Gaza....
Hamas freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of shattering war in Gaza as President Donald Trump proclaimed the “historic dawn of a new Middle East”....
Hamas was set to release all surviving hostages on Monday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as US President Donald Trump headed to the region for a peace summit having declared the war “over”....
World leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, which could help end the two-year war in Gaza....
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday hailed the work of news agencies as a bulwark in an increasingly “post-truth” world, and warned of the dangers of relying on artificial intelligence for information....
By joining the indirect talks in Egypt between Israel and Hamas, Turkey hopes to use its longstanding relationship with the Palestinian Islamist movement to help end the Gaza war....
Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed a Gaza ceasefire deal to free the remaining living hostages, in a major step towards ending a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe....
Pro-Palestinian protests were planned in several countries on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that led to the war in Gaza, despite warnings by some politicians that they could inflame tensions....
Hamas said on Wednesday it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic about talks in Egypt on US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza....
Ukraine found tens of thousands of foreign parts, some Western-made, in Russian drones and missiles fired on Ukraine over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday....
The United Nations chief on Tuesday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held in Gaza, and an end to hostilities in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, Israel and the region....
Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from the two warring sides were set to meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza....
Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday ahead of talks with Israel that the US hopes will lead to a halt in fighting and the freeing of hostages in Gaza....
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior envoy were heading to Egypt on Saturday to finalise hostage release details, as the US president warned he would “not tolerate delay” by Hamas in implementing a peace deal with Israel....
