Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has visited a UK naval base with Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to head to Washington to hold talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
US President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy, the United States ambassador to the United Nations says.
Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly
A Kremlin spokesman says it is too early to comment on reports that the United States and Ukraine are discussing a potential truce regarding aerial attacks.
Tehran says it will defend its national interests after an attack by Ukraine on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for a freeze in the war in Ukraine during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Authorities in the Russian-occupied part of the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia say Ukrainian drone attacks have killed at least 12 people.
Hamas says an Israeli attack has killed the chief of police in the north of the Gaza Strip, who Israel's military says was also in the group's military wing.
The United States has halted a streak of nightly strikes on Iran while Iranian forces have not launched attacks on any of its neighbours.
Raphael Satter and Lefteris Papadimas
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on threats in response to Iran's ongoing chokehold on Red Sea shipping.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has spoken with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the prospects for renewed peace talks with Russia.
Ukraine has launched its fourth attack on Russian retailer Wildberries, sending plumes of smoke over St Petersburg and Crimea as it targets Moscow's war effort.
Ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov says he is only interested in returning to his former role as protesters backing him rally against the Ukrainian president.
US President Donald Trump says a nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia is contingent on the kingdom normalising ties with Israel through the Abraham Accords.
The US has condemned China's actions as "dangerous and provocative" after a vessel fired a water cannon at a Philippine boat in the disputed South China Sea.
Liz Lee, Shi Bu, Mikhail Flores and Nestor Corrales
Five Thai security personnel are dead and six civilians injured after a shooting in Thailand's restive deep south.
Wildberries, often described as Russia's Amazon and one of the country's biggest employers, has been attacked by Ukraine, Moscow says.
Houthi rebels have struck Saudi ships in the Red Sea while the US continues its strikes on Iran as the two countries vie for control of two vital waterways.
Yomna Ehab and Enas Alashray
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has urged the US government to execute an arrest warrant issued against Benjamin Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and US President Donald Trump have discussed plans to disarm Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal.
Nandita Bose and Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US war against Iran has cost $A53.4 billion so far.
Ukraine's commanders are racing to update their defence strategy after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced his top general after days of political turmoil.
Hanna Arhirova
President Masoud Pezeshkian says the "interaction level" with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who is reportedly injured, is increasing daily.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cast doubt on whether Iran is as committed to negotiations as the US, as hostilities continue with no breakthrough in sight.
