The latest developments in the Ukraine crisis.
Staff Writers
The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank.
Russia is moving closer to claiming a victory over Ukraine's Donbas region after ending the siege at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariopol.
Natalia Zinets and Tom Balmforth
Russia's parliament is considering changing the law to allow over-40s to sign up for the military, according to its website, as the war in Ukraine continues.
Mark Trevelyan
The West Australian government has donated funds to provide emergency relief to the people of Ukraine.
Tim Dornin
The Israeli army says it has identified a rifle from a soldier that may have killed al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Russian forces have destroyed Ukraine's Donbas region, leader Volodymyr Zelensky says, as the G7 shows its support to Kyiv through billions in economic relief.
Natalia Zinets and Jonathan Landay
Schools have shut in Sri Lanka and public officials told to stay home as the country runs short of fuel, leaving thousands queued for petrol.
Bharatha Mallawarachi
Moscow says if it were to heed a UN appeal to open Ukraine's Black Sea ports so grain could be exported, sanctions on Russia would have to be reviewed.
Poland's prime minister says his country will come to the aid of Sweden and Finland if they are attacked before becoming NATO members.
Ukraine has ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, but the ultimate outcome of Europe's bloodiest battle for decades remains unresolved.
Max Hunder and Natalia Zinets
A lawyer says Israeli police have arrested a Palestinian pallbearer of slain al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Nuha Sharaf
A Russian soldier accused of war crimes in Ukraine has pleaded guilty to killing an elderly unarmed civilian.
The US remains confident that NATO will accept Sweden and Finland despite Turkey opposing their membership bids over claims they harbour "terrorists".
Nevzat Devranoglu, Ali Kucukgocmen and Humeyra Pamuk
An attempt by one of Libya's rival prime ministers to seat his government in the capital of Tripoli has triggered clashes between competing militias.
The final surrender of Mariupol would bring a close to a near three month siege of the once prosperous Ukrainian city of 400,000 people.
Max Hunder
Finland and Sweden's decision to join NATO is one of the most significant changes in Europe's security architecture for decades.
Robin Emmott and Marine Strauss
Russian commanders are slaughtering their own young soldiers rather than taking them for medical treatment in the latest sign of growing barbarity among Vladimir Putin’s troops.
Glen Keogh
Ukraine has begun evacuating soldiers from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, where they spent more than 80 days holding out against Russian forces.
Natalia Zinets
Sweden has signed a formal request to join NATO, with Finland expected later in the day to also ask to join the 30-member military alliance.
Officials say US President Joe Biden has ordered the deployment of several hundred soldiers in Somalia.
Steve Holland and Idrees Ali
From the outside, the blue and yellow carriages are indistinguishable from the dozens of Soviet-era trains transporting millions of refugees fleeing war-ravaged regions of Ukraine.
Michael Powell and Omelyan Oshchudlyak
Russia may have lost a third of its troops as Ukraine continues to push back, British intelligence says.
Gavin Cordon
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