The Kremlin insists Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about peace talks on Ukraine while Ukrainian officials say Russia is ignoring a truce proposal.
Staff Writers
Hamas says it has released Israeli-US citizen Edan Alexander, who has been held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip.
Pope Leo has held a "warm and substantive" chat with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president says, in the pontiff's first known call with a world leader.
Yuliia Dysa
Germany warns Russia that "the clock is ticking" on abiding by a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine or else European countries will hit Moscow with new sanctions.
Tom Balmforth
The Kurdistan Workers Party has decided to disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey after four decades of armed conflict.
Daren Butler
Hamas is promising to release an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza within hours, but Israel still intends to ramp up its offensive in Gaza.
James Mackenzie
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has agreed to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey for direct talks.
After days of heavy firefights, calm has returned to India and Pakistan's borders as the neighbours' military chiefs meet to discuss their next steps.
Aftab Ahmed and Shivam Patel
Palestinian health officials say overnight strikes by Israel have killed at least 13 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children.
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Sudanese authorities say a suspected drone attack has killed at least 20 prisoners in the southern region of Kordofan
Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to restart direct talks with Ukraine is "positive", Volodymyr Zelenskiy says as he insists on a ceasefire.
Marina Bobrova and Lidia Kelly
India and Pakistan are blaming each other for overnight violations of a ceasefire reached after US diplomacy and pressure, as Donald Trump offers more help.
Saurabh Sharma, Tariq Maqbool and Aftab Ahmed
It was a time to stop and pause. And to think of Arthur Leggett - WA’s oldest and last surviving WWII prisoner of war - as he was farewelled at a State funeral on Saturday.
Malcolm Quekett and Claire Sadler
Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp, has died in Berlin aged 103.
India and Pakistan have confirmed a ceasefire deal after US-led talks to end their most serious confrontation in decades.
North Korea says its latest missile test is designed to ensure the rapid response posture to counter the sensitive regional military climate.
Jack Kim
India and Pakistan have exchanged more fire over their frontier in Kashmir, blaming each other for deadly violence as their worst fighting in decades continues.
Aftab Ahmed and Charlotte Greenfield
Hamas says its militants and Israeli troops are engaging in "fierce fighting" in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
Ukrainian officials say Russia has violated its own ceasefire more than 700 times while Russian authorities say Ukraine has tried to move into the Kursk region.
Tom Balmforth and Yulia Dysa
At least one person is dead after Israel launched one of its heaviest bombardments of southern Lebanon since its war ended against Hezbollah.
Laila Bassam
South Korea has condemned the North's launch of short-range missiles in what it suspects was a test of weapons intended for export.
Ju-min Park
Cities in Ukraine have been spared Russian drone and missile attacks as a 72-hour truce kicks in, but Kyiv says Moscow continues its assaults in the east.
Christian Lowe and Tom Balmforth
Port Sudan has been hit by days of assaults by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces damaging its main gateway for humanitarian aid.
Yemen's Houthis say a ceasefire deal between them and the US does not include sparing Israel, as nearly 50 people were killed in the bombing of a Gaza school.
Mohammed Ghobari
