The Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine came under attack twice within three hours, officials said, the latest in a series of strikes near the city.
US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war in Iran could be reached soon, although the timing remained unclear, while US allies were gathering to discuss reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route....
US officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed as the Iran war continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter said....
A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect and US President Donald Trump said the next meeting between the US and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding to optimism that the Iran war could be nearing an end....
The war in Sudan has been raging for the past three years, and a ceasefire is nowhere in sight. Participants at a conference of donors in Berlin hope at least to ease the suffering of the people caught in the middle....
China’s President Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, Chinese state media said, as a string of leaders of countries impacted by the Middle East war flock to Beijing....
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 pm EST (2100 GMT), signalling a pause in Israel’s conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has raged in parallel to the war with Iran....
A massive Russian drone and missile barrage killed at least 16 people in cities across Ukraine, more than four years into the war with peace talks stalled, Ukrainian officials said....
Optimism grew that the war in the Middle East may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator in Tehran and the administration of US President Donald Trump talking up hopes for a deal that would open the crucial Strait of Hormuz....
The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to grant refugee status in Russia to South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, a project similar to one by the US government....
US President Donald Trump said the war with Iran was close to over, telling the world to brace for an “amazing two days”, as the army chief of mediator Pakistan arrived in Tehran in a bid to prevent a renewed conflict....
Iran has demanded that it receive compensation for the destruction caused by the US and Israel’s attacks, as the country remains defiant and regional powers continue their attempts to mediate an end to the conflict....
Pope Leo warned of the risk of democracies sliding into “majoritarian tyranny”, in a letter issued by the Vatican two days after US President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff on social media....
Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, US President Donald Trump said, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports....
Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday for US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, but the prospects of an agreement appear slim....
Pope Leo told Reuters that he plans to continue speaking out against war after US President Donald Trump’s direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member church....
The US military began a blockade of Iran’s ports, angering Tehran and adding uncertainty around the crucial waterway, although hopes for dialogue to end the war provided some relief to oil markets, where benchmark prices fell below $100....
The exhibition “Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style”, which opened at Buckingham Palace, showcases 300 outfits, including her wedding and coronation gowns....
The deadline passed on Monday for the start of a US military blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down....
Iranian authorities executed at least 1 639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two NGOs said on Monday, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in January and the war against Israel and the US....
The truce between the US, Israel and Iran has eased pressure on African markets. But economists warn that deep‑rooted vulnerabilities mean the rebound may be short‑lived....
US House of Representatives Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to end US attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump’s party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president’s war powers....
US President Donald Trump angrily lashed out at multiple well-known conservative commentators who have criticised his war against Iran, slamming his onetime allies as attention-seeking “NUT JOBS”....
US Vice President JD Vance said that Ukraine’s president had made “scandalous” comments about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as he echoed Budapest’s accusations that Kyiv was using energy supplies to try to influence elections there....
Even as the US and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East....
Eligible US men aged 18 to 25 will now be automatically registered for the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had its “finger on the trigger” and was prepared to return to fighting at “any moment”....
The fragile truce between Iran and the United States showed signs of unravelling on Thursday, with Tehran threatening to resume hostilities as Israel pummelled Lebanon....
Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary between Iran and the United States to secure a temporary ceasefire and host negotiations to end the war in the Middle East....
Iran’s plan, according to wire agencies, includes its continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, the withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, the cessation of war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme....
US President Donald Trump and other US officials cast the rescue of a US airman in Iran as an “Easter miracle”, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed....
