In a surprise announcement, a top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages and the bodies of four more.
Staff Writers
Israel will keep troops in several posts in southern Lebanon past a deadline for them to withdraw.
Jewish Australians have sent a message of solidarity with their Israeli counterparts, demanding Hamas release all hostages as the conflict reaches its 500 days.
William Ton
Britain is prepared to contribute to security guarantees to Ukraine by "putting our own troops on the ground if necessary", Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.
Andrew MacAskill
Rebels have taken another major city in eastern Congo, with the government vowing to restore order despite its troops fleeing from the Rwanda-backed forces.
Chinedu Asadu, Pascal Cinamula and Janvier Barhahiga
A Donald Trump-approved US shipment of 2000-pound bombs that can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius, has arrived in Israel.
James Mackenzie
Panic and looting are sweeping through eastern Congo's second largest city as thousands flee to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
Justin Kabumba, Sam Metz and Rodney Muhumuza
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the US access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals.
Emma Burrows
Foreign governments have joined Lebanon in condemning a violent attack on a UN peacekeeper convoy in Beirut that injured the mission's deputy commander.
The time has come for the creation of an "armed forces of Europe", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told world leaders and foreign policy experts.
The latest fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitary group has hardened battle lines as the conflict threatens to splinter the country.
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have expanded their territorial control futher, after seizing Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo.
Israel is freeing 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees after the release of three Israelis held hostage by Hamas as the shaky Gaza ceasefire deal holds.
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Maayan Lubell and Menna AlaaElDin
A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter over the damaged reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Volodymyr Zelensky says.
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on former president and opposition politician Petro Poroshenko.
A US aircraft carrier has been involved in a collision at sea with a merchant vessel near Port Said in Egypt, the US navy says.
The US says Ukraine will be involved in talks to end the conflict but there will be a separate US-Russian strand to the negotiations.
Tom Balmforth and Bart Meijer
Hamas says it intends to release three Israeli hostages as scheduled following mediation talks in Egypt.
Egypt's president and Jordan's king have called for the "immediate" start of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip "without displacing the Palestinian people".
US President Donald Trump says he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about starting negotiations immediately to end the war in Ukraine.
At least 1400 people were killed in anti-government protests in Bangladesh in July and August 2024, the UN Human Rights Office says.
The UN says more than 110,000 people have been displaced in eastern Congo after Rwanda-backed rebels forced camp closures.
CHINEDU ASADU and JUSTIN KABUMBA
Russia has launched an early morning missile attack on Kyiv, killing one person, officials say.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns "intense fighting" will resume in Gaza if Hamas does not return hostages by noon on Saturday.
James Mackenzie, Jana Choukeir and Maha El Dahan
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