US President Donald Trump said a deal to halt the Ukraine war was "very close" Wednesday but hit out at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky over his refusal to formally cede Crimea to Russia.
US, Ukrainian and European officials will meet in London about ending Russia's war in Ukraine after warnings by US President Donald Trump that Washington could walk away if there is no progress on a deal soon....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Chinese citizens are helping to produce drones at a facility in Russia and suggested that Moscow may have "stolen" drone technology from Beijing....
The Trump administration is proposing an overhaul of the US State Department that would eliminate more than 100 offices including some working on war crimes and rights advocacy to ensure Washington's premier diplomatic agency aligns with President Donald Trump's "America First" priorities....
Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic leader....
Just three days ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's official working visit to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa engaged in a telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday....
From responding to weather disasters to rising competition in the fast-warming Arctic, militaries are exposed to climate change and cannot let it become a strategic "blind spot", security experts say....
Russia has resumed air attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine, regional Ukrainian officials said Monday, after Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of violating an Easter truce....
Elusive guerrilla street artist Banksy has been credited with saving the future of the city of Irpin, which stood between the Russian army and the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in 2022....
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin set to last until midnight on Sunday, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv....
The US Supreme Court temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members under a rarely used wartime law....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group this week rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal....
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 18:00 Moscow time on Saturday until the end of Sunday....
Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 billion people, scientists warned....
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Chinese companies that Kyiv earlier imposed sanctions on were involved in the production of Russian Iskander missiles....
Members of the largest organisation representing British Jews have said they can no longer "turn a blind eye" to the war in Gaza, adding "Israel's soul is being ripped out"....
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev....
A Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight injured three people, sparked fires and damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, officials of the southern Ukrainian region said....
Hamas said that after an Israeli strike it had "lost contact" with the captors of an Israeli-American hostage in Gaza, whose release reportedly takes centre stage in Israel's latest proposal for a renewed ceasefire....
US President Donald Trump's special envoy said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was open to a "permanent peace" deal with Ukraine....
US President Donald Trump resumed his attempts on Monday to blame Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia's invasion, falsely accusing him of responsibility for "millions" of deaths....
The former British minister Tulip Siddiq said on Monday an arrest warrant issued against her in Bangladesh over allegations she illegally received a plot of land are a "politically motivated smear"....
A senior Hamas official said that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a "serious prisoner swap" and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza....
Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy , killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year....
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 21 people and wounded 83 on Palm Sunday, Kyiv said, in another deadly attack on civilians that came after a top US official travelled to Russia....
A Ukrainian F-16 pilot was killed in combat, Kyiv said Saturday, in the second such incident since the delivery of the precious US-made fighter jets to Ukraine to help fight Russia's invasion....
Russia's defence ministry said its forces had captured the village of Zhuravka in Ukraine's northern border region of Sumy, although Ukrainian officials made no acknowledgement that it had been taken....
The dollar tumbled with most stocks while gold hit a fresh record high as panic gripped markets again on Friday, while China retaliated against Donald Trump's latest tariff blitz against the world's number two economy....
Prince Harry visited Ukraine on Thursday, a spokesperson confirmed, becoming the second British royal to travel to the country since Russia's invasion in February 2022....
In the wake of the trade war between the US and China, South Africa should take advantage of its close relationship with China to lure investments into its agricultural sector, writes Sizo Nkala....
An Israeli military official said that reserve pilots who publicly called for securing the release of hostages, even at the cost of ending the Gaza war, would be dismissed from the air force....
