EU leaders have swerved a decision on using Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defence, despite a plea from President Volodymyr Zelensky to take swift action to make Moscow pay for its war.
India’s top importer of Russian oil, the conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, has announced that it will abide by Western sanctions, ending several days of speculation about how the company will manage new measures targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies.
The demining of Gaza and the disposal of unexploded mines and shells left in the Palestinian enclave after two years of Israeli military operations could take about 30 years, a representative of an international non-governmental organization operating under the UN auspices has announced.
An international security troops to be put in place in the Gaza Strip under a ceasefire accord will have to be made up of countries that Tel Aviv is "comfortable with", U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Friday during a visit to Israel.
South Korea's unification minister has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to meet the leader of North Korea during his forthcoming visit to Asia, urging the two men to seize a rare chance for peace, Yonhap news agency reported.
France plans to supply Ukraine with additional Aster surface-to-air missiles and Mirage fighter jets, French President Emmanuel Macron has stated at a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" on providing aid to Kiev.
An Israeli drone strike has killed two people in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health, a day after Israeli military aircraft launched a series of deadly raids on the country’s eastern mountain range and south.
Allied nations have pledged to act to take Russian oil and gas off the global market, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated, after leaders gathered with President Volodymyr Zelensky in London.
Russia would deliver a “very serious, if not downright staggering” response to any Ukrainian attacks using US-made Tomahawk missiles, President Vladimir Putin has warned, calling pressure on Washington to supply such weapons “an attempt at escalation.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that the planned Budapest summit with US counterpart Donald Trump is being postponed. Speaking to journalists on Thursday, he noted that the proposal was initially made by the American side.
The family of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has rejected reports that some of their relatives had been allowed to leave the Gaza Strip at Turkey’s request.
Riyadh has appointed a conservative cleric in his nineties as its top religious leader, state media reported, sticking with tradition even as rapid social changes upend the previously cloistered kingdom.
Russia has announced that new US sanctions on its oil industry risked hurting diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war, and that it had developed a "strong immunity" to them.
European countries are at odds over how to use a proposed loan for Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets, with some pushing to restrict spending to European-made weapons while others want US arms included, Politico has reported, citing sources.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has announced that more than 61 million tons of debris blanket the Gaza Strip as a result of more than two years of Israel’s war.
US President Donald Trump has called off his planned summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest, saying he does not believe the talks would yield the desired results at this stage of the dialogue. Moscow has yet to comment.
United States President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Russia for the first time since returning to the White House, citing a lack of progress in ceasefire negotiations to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
The United Nations court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has announced that Israel has an obligation to ensure the “basic needs” of the population in Gaza are met.
The European Union on Wednesday agreed to impose new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine aimed at crimping Moscow's oil and gas revenues, announced Denmark, which holds the EU's rotating presidency.
Most Americans - including 80% of Democrats and 41% of Republicans - think the U.S. should recognize Palestinian statehood, a sign that President Donald Trump's opposition to doing so is out of step with public opinion, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
Forty-four of the 45 Democrats in the US Senate have sent a letter to US President Donald Trump urging him to reaffirm his opposition to Israel's annexation of the occupied West Bank, Axios has reported.
Russia has announced that preparation for a presidential summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was still ongoing, despite the US leader's announcement that it has been shelved.
A Russian overnight barrage on Ukraine killed six people in and around the capital Kyiv and triggered power cuts across the European country, Ukrainian authorities announced Wednesday.
The UK government on Tuesday officially removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of proscribed terrorist organizations, citing the move as part of efforts to engage with Syria’s new government following the fall of the Bashar Assad government last year.
