President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says a Ukrainian drone has struck a Moscow refinery from a distance of 500km.
Staff Writers
The UK Ministry of Defence says a Russian warship fired warning shots after attempting to contact a yacht in the English Channel to avoid a collision.
Switzerland's foreign ministry says a signing ceremony for a deal between the United States and Iran will take place at the Buergenstock mountain resort.
Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked over how to proceed with the next stage of Donald Trump's Gaza plan.
Nidal al-Mughrabi
Oil held its biggest drop in more than two weeks as traders, shippers and producers awaited details of a US-Iran deal that’s intended to pave the way for the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Rong Wei Neo and Gabriel Levin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he offered to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at a G7 summit for talks to end their four-year-old war.
US President Donald Trump has defended the 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.
Spencer Kimball
The US and Iran have agreed a deal to end the war, which mediator Pakistan says will be signed in Switzerland later this week.
Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000.
WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Gunmen have assassinated a mayor in Mexico, in the latest attack targeting officials as the troubled country hosts the World Cup, along with the US and Canada.
Ukraine has continued to strike at Russian industrial facilities with drones including a hit on a vital chemical plant.
A initial plan for peace is due to be signed within a day, says US President Donald Trump and mediators from Pakistan as details begin to emerge.
Phil Stewart, Eman Abouhassira, Saad Sayeed and Parisa Hafezi
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says wages of the country's soldiers will be increased while attempts to recruit foreign fighters are stepped up.
Pakistan, which has been mediating in the US-Iran conflict, says the finalisation of a peace agreement is expected within 24 hours.
A series of Ukrainian attacks have hit targets near the border with Russia, part of Kyiv's efforts to keep taking the fight to Vladimir Putin's forces.
A memorandum to halt the US-Iran conflict is being finalised and could be signed as soon as Sunday, a source says, in a breakthrough for the months-long war.
Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and John Irish
A series of Ukrainian attacks have hit targets deep inside Russia, part of Kyiv's efforts to target energy facilities and military industries.
Dan Peleschuk
The US will hit Iran "very hard tonight", Donald Trump says, threatening to take "total control" of Iran's oil industry after days of tit-for-tat strikes.
Katharine Jackson
Ukraine has hit a military factory and an oil refinery hundreds of kilometres inside Russia, Kyiv says, in its latest bid to cripple Moscow's war effort.
Illia Novikov
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of launching deadly airstrikes that have killed at least 13 people and wounded 14 others.
Australia is unlikely to extend the temporary halving of the fuel excise, as conflict in the Middle East breaks out ending the fragile ceasefire.
Tess Ikonomou
Hours after Iran launched tit-for-tat strikes against the US, President Donald Trump says Tehran must "pay the price" for taking too long to reach a deal.
Enas Alashray, Elwely Elwelly and Phil Stewart
The Taliban denied reports women in Afghanistan have been arrested for failing to observe hijab rules as locals claim protests have been violently dispersed.
