Sudan's military has regained its grip on Khartoum, retaking more key government buildings a day after it gained control of the capital's Republican Palace.
Ahead of imminent ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia, Russian forces have attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with combat drones, killing three people.
Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel has been killed in an Israeli air strike on his tent shelter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Palestinian media says.
An opposition group in military-ruled Myanmar says an air strike on a central village under the control of resistance forces has killed at least 27 civilians.
Planning for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine will move to an "operational phase," UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.
Ukraine's fight against Russia has implications for the world, the prime minister says, as Australia contemplates contributing to peacekeeping efforts.
Russia and Ukraine continue to trade heavy blows as Volodymyr Zelenskiy denies claims Ukrainian troops are surrounded by Russian forces in Kursk.
An Israeli air strike on a northern Gaza town has killed at least nine people including some local reporters.
Foreign ministers from developing countries focused on global conflicts, including the Ukraine war, on the last day of a G20 meeting in South Africa.
Ukraine "don't have any cards, but they're playing tough", Donald Trump says as he predicts a deal on critical minerals and admits Russia attacked Ukraine.
Hamas has freed five more Israeli hostages in Gaza as a body released by the militant group hours earlier is confirmed to be that of Israeli mother Shiri Bibas.
Denmark will embark on a defence shopping spree, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has declared, as Europe faces penny-pinching claims from Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has told "dictator" Volodymyr Zelenskiy to quickly negotiate an end to Russia's war on Ukraine as relations sour between the two leaders.
In a surprise announcement, a top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages and the bodies of four more.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says his country is hoping for an "allied position in Europe, in the EU and the US around Ukraine in this unjust war".
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding talks with top US officials in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war.
Israel will keep troops in several posts in southern Lebanon past a deadline for them to withdraw.
The Kremlin says senior American and Russian officials will hold talks on negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.
European leaders are seeking to form a united front at emergency talks in Paris, called after a US diplomatic blitz on Ukraine.
A Ukrainian minister says an official delegation has arrived in Saudi Arabia for meetings in preparation for a possible visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu declares he and President Donald Trump have a "common strategy" for Gaza, including transferring Palestinians out of the enclave.
Europe fears being locked out of talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, but the US's top diplomat insists it will be in any "meaningful" negotiations.
Egypt will host an emergency Arab summit on February 27 to discuss President Donald Trump's "dangerous" idea to resettle Palestinians from Gaza.
The Trump administration's national security adviser Mike Waltz says that top officials are travelling to Europe this week for talks on the Ukraine conflict.
The United Nations humanitarian chief says famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire.
Israeli forces are withdrawing from the Netzarim corridor, a strip of land that bisects northern Gaza from the south, as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
War-torn Lebanon finally has a government after a more than two-year wait, with incoming Prime Minister Nawaf Salam set to prioritise reconstruction efforts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia's Kursk region.
The White House says an agreement between Israel and Lebanon will continue until mid-February, pushing back the deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw.
An agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza.
Thousands of people have rallied in Sydney and Melbourne as communities around the world welcome a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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