After weeks of rhetoric that shook the NATO pact and risked a new global trade war, Donald Trump has dropped threats to impose tariffs on European allies.
Ukraine and Russia are close to a deal and if their leaders don't come to an agreement soon "they're stupid", US President Donald Trump says.
Three journalists and children are among the 11 Palestinians killed in the latest spate of Israeli air strikes.
RSF attacks on the central Sudan's el-Obeid are ramping up with lives lost in drone strikes across the army-controlled city.
US President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos he is seeking "immediate negotiations" to acquire Greenland, but said he would not "use force".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted US President Donald Trump's invitation to join his Board of Peace.
A million Ukraine households are without power after the latest Russian attacks cut heating to half of Kyiv, affecting substations critical for nuclear safety.
Donald Trump has doubled down on his pledge to seize control of Greenland, refusing to rule out taking it by force and threatening to upend historic alliances.
Syria's military says it is backing a four-day ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces following clashes.
Donald Trump has responded to news that France intends to decline an invitation to join his Board of Peace by threatening tariffs on French wines and champagne.
Russia has blitzed the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a combined drone and missile attack leaving thousands of buildings without heat in frigid weather.
Donald Trump has linked his bid to take control of Greenland to his failure to win a Nobel Prize, as a row over the island threatens to reignite a trade war.
A deal between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces seems to be unravelling after new outbreaks of clashes.
US soldiers in Alaska are on standby to be deployed to the mid-western state of Minnesota, amid rising tensions after an ICE agent killed a woman.
Hackers have disrupted Iranian state television to air footage supporting the exiled son of Iran's last shah, Reza Pahlavi.
Australia is among eight more countries invited to join US President Donald Trump's new Board of Peace, created to oversee the next steps for Gaza.
Weeks after tensions flared into violence, Syria's government and the US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed an immediate ceasefire.
Ukraine says Russia has no desire to end the war and is ramping up its arms production, to meet a target of 1000 drones a day to unleash on war-weary Ukraine.
After announcing tariffs on European allies, Donald Trump says Denmark has failed to protect Greenland from the "Russian threat" but "now it is time".
Ukraine's military says 30 strikes have been recorded across 15 locations in a deadly mass Russian drone attack.
Syrian forces have captured a city and two dams as they push further into Kurdish-held territory, state media says.
Israel says composition of the Gaza executive board named by the Trump administration was not coordinated with Israel and contradicts its policy.
Donald Trump has been accused of encouraging violent unrest in Iran by the nation's supreme leader, who says the US president is considered a criminal.
Uganda's incumbent president has claimed a landslide victory in the country's election, while his challenger is at large having fled his home.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former UK leader Tony Blair and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are members of a "Board of Peace" to govern Gaza.
Medics say at least nine people have been killed in the Gaza Strip as Israeli strikes targeted a Hamas commander and another from Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
An internet blackout in Iran has eased while residents say calm has returned to the capital Tehran following protests that were crushed by security forces.
Donald Trump says he will charge extra import taxes on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
Ukrainian representatives hope to get clarity from the US on Russia's stance towards diplomatic efforts to end the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.
Iran's security forces seem to have quelled the country's nationwide protests, residents and rights groups says, while fears of a US attack have retreated.
While an apology from Adelaide Festival is welcome, a dumped Palestinian-Australian author says her words continue to be "twisted" by an unapologetic premier.
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