Two children were among 10 who died in a Russian missile strike on a residential apartment building in Ukraine's northeast, the Ukrainian military says.
Staff Writers
North Korean military leaders have been urged by Kim Jong-un to improve fighting capabilities to ensure their forces can cope with war, state media reports.
Hyonhee Shin
The US has given Ukraine permission to use its long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia, prompting a stark warning from politicians in Moscow.
As Melburnians and tourists alike attempted to take in the City, they were met with chants of ‘bombs are dropping, while you’re shopping’.
The Israeli military says it has done everything possible to avoid civilian harm, but dozens of people have died in the latest barrage of air strikes.
Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its media spokesman Mohammad Afif in an Israeli strike on a building in Beirut.
Six people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a village in Lebanon's Baalbek region, the health ministry says.
Ukrainians fear more damage to their hobbled energy system as Russia's first big missile attack in months prompts Poland to scramble its air force.
Tom Balmforth and Dan Peleschuk
Nearing 1000 days since the invasion, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the call between German and Russian heads of state opened "Pandora's box".
Iran says it fully supports Lebanon and any decision it makes in ceasefire talks with Israel, adding it has no desire to "sabotage" a peace plan.
Cholera is thought to be the cause of hundreds of deaths in a besieged town in Sudan's El Gezira state.
Protesters and police have clashed in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments there.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the competition for using suicide drones for military purposes is accelerating around the world.
Jack Kim
A building has tumbled amid Israel's stepped-up bombing of Hezbollah-ruled southern Beirut, while the US has delivered a draft truce plan to end the conflict.
Maya Gebeily
At least two children and five suspected militants have died after a car bomb accidentally exploded in northwest Pakistan.
Moscow is not hopeful US president-elect Donald Trump can deliver on his overnight peace promise, but says he is welcome to "try".
The Albanese Government has shifted its position in the UN to back the ‘permanent sovereignty’ of Palestine in a move set to reignite domestic tensions over Israel.
Nicola Smith
A bomb planted under a car blew up and killed a senior Russian naval officer in Crimea's city of Sevastopol, reports say.
Ukrainian officials say they are hopeful they could be able to strike targets within Russia after talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says extended pauses of fighting are necessary in the Gaza Strip for humanitarian reasons.
Russia has hit Kyiv with missiles for the first time in months, as the US assures NATO it will boost its support for Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office.
Pavel Polityuk, Olena Harmash, Valentyn Ogirenko and Simon Lewis
A White House envoy is allowing hopes of a ceasefire soon between Israel and Hezbollah, but Lebanon's Speaker says it's yet to see any new proposals.
Timour Azhari, Riham AlKousaa, James Mackenzie, Clauda Tanios and Tala Ramadan
A Moscow paediatrician has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for comments made about Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands that it allow greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, international aid groups say.
Emma Farge
