Donald Trump is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but has cast doubt on hopes it will lead to a deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least seven people and wounded others.
Russia has downed dozens of drones amid a Ukrainian barrage on oil targets across the country, including Baltic Sea port Primorsk, a local official says.
An Australian activist has described bashings by Israeli soldiers who boarded their vessels on a mission to deliver aid to Gaza.
President Donald Trump says the United States will not exit its confrontation with Iran early "and then have the problem arise in three more years".
Israel has carried out air strikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people, officials say.
Insurgents have established checkpoints across Mali's capital city of Bamako and is calling on people to rise up against the country's military-led government.
The Russian port of Tuapse has been struck for the fourth time in just over two weeks, with toxic black smoke and spilled oil doing untold damage.
Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia and the Black Sea port of Tuapse.
Efforts to end the Iran war remain stuck as Tehran braces for US strikes and a Gulf ally of Washington warns against believing Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukraine wants clarification from US President Donald Trump's team on details of Russia's short-term ceasefire proposal, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.
Tehran is warning Washington it faces a lengthy conflict if it attacks again, following reports the US has planned a "short and powerful" wave of strikes.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone as a Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil pumping station in Russia.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have remembered the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks by laying a floral bouquet at a memorial in New York.
President Donald Trump says the United States will continue its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz until a nuclear deal is reached with Iran.
Days of impasse over efforts to end the Iran war have spurred US President Donald Trump to make fresh demands on Tehran or face an extended blockade.
President Vladimir Putin has complained about a growing number of Ukrainian attacks on civilian sites in Russia, pointing to strikes on oil facilities.
Violence in Gaza has continued despite a ceasefire with five Palestinians killed following Israeli air strikes.
President Donald Trump says Iran has informed the US they are in a "state of collapse" and they want Washington to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iran war is no closer to being resolved, with Tehran's proposal of leaving nuclear talks until later not going down well with US President Donald Trump.
Diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war stalled again with US President Donald Trump unhappy about the latest proposal from Tehran.
Iran's foreign minister has flown to Moscow to seek Russian support, while Donald Trump says Tehran can phone the US if it wants to discuss ending the war.
Mali's defence minister has been confirmed killed in an attack on his home during a wave of insurgent strikes across the nation.
At least 16 people have been killed by strikes in Ukraine and Russia on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Mali's army says several hundred assailants have been killed after militants launched co-ordinated attacks in the capital and other cities.
The latest Russian attack on Ukraine's Dnipro region has killed at least 10 people and injured dozens more.
The booing of Indigenous-led ceremonies on Anzac Day has been widely condemned, but the opposition leader says the acknowledgements of Country are overused.
Iran has criticised the US after President Donald Trump cancelled plans for his special envoys to visit Pakistan for peace talks.
Russian has pummelled Ukraine with more than 600 drones and missile in a almost attacks that killed seven people and wounded dozens more.
President Donald Trump is sending his special negotiators to Pakistan to revive ceasefire talks with Iran, but Tehran's officials don't intend to meet them.
A group of Australian women and children have left a Syrian refugee camp in a bid to return home.
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