Ukraine's foreign minister has pledged his nation will "use every opportunity to try to end this war".
Francois Murphy
The death of a Bedouin clan leader based in Israeli-held Rafah may hamper Israeli efforts against Hamas.
Staff Writers
Vladimir Putin considers talks with the US on ending the war in Ukraine "very useful", but insists Russia will keep its seized territory one way or the other.
Israel has identified the remains of a returned hostage as a Thai worker, meaning one last hostage is to be returned from Gaza under the agreement with Hamas.
Audrey Horowitz and Bassem Mroue
Turkey's energy minister is calling for the supply of oil and gas in the Black Sea to be protected after a spate of attacks on Russia-linked ships.
Can Sezer
Romanian authorities say a Sea Baby maritime drone discovered in the Black Sea has been detonated.
The White House says US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet with Ukrainian officials in Miami.
Israel says it launched an air strike in southern Gaza in retaliation for an attack by militants earlier in the day.
Australia will give Ukraine another $95 million worth of military equipment including drones, defence radars and munitions to help its ongoing fight against Russia.
Katina Curtis
The European Union will permanently halt imports of Russian gas and phase out oil in moves aimed at "depleting Vladimir Putin's war chest".
Philip Blenkinsop
The remains Hamas handed over to Israel don't belong to either of the last two hostages left in Gaza, the Israeli government says.
Alexander Cornwell and Maayan Lubell
The Israeli government says it has received what are thought to be some of the last hostage remains from militants in the Gaza Strip.
Russia and the United States did not clinch a compromise over peace in Ukraine, and peace is no closer, the Kremlin says.
Guy Faulconbridge, Anton Kolodyazhnyy and Maxim Rodionov
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is joining US envoy Steve Witkoff on a visit to Moscow for more talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Guy Faulconbridge and Steve Holland
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump have discussed disarming Hamas and demilitarising Gaza.
Tough issues have yet to be resolved after US-Ukrainian talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says as a US envoy prepares to visit Russia.
US and Ukrainian officials have wrapped up high-level negotiations as Donald Trump talks up the chance a deal can be struck to bring peace to war-torn Ukraine.
Günther Chalupa and Franziska Spiecker
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the president for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial.
Sam Mednick
A new youth organisation called 'Generation Deutschland' has been established by Germany's far-right party and is using slogans reminiscent of the Hitler Youth.
Jörg Ratzsch
Gaza's Health Ministry has announced a grim new death toll in the conflict with Israel, as two more children are killed in an Israeli drone strike.
WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
US officials are meeting with their Ukrainian counterparts for more talks on the Trump administration's peace plan as Russian airstrikes continue unabated.
ISOBEL KOSHIW
At least two people are dead after hundreds of Russian missiles and drones attacked Kyiv and Ukraine's energy grid as negotiations to end the war drag on.
Ron Popeski
Hours after his house was searched as part of a probe into high-level graft, Ukraine chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned.
Israel's raid on a Syrian village that saw 13 people shot dead has fueled concerns that unrest could spill over and undermine the fragile truce in Gaza.
