Trucks carrying food, fuel and medical supplies are rolling into Gaza as the ceasefire brings relief to the enclave which has been under siege for 15 months.
Michelle Nichols
One of the Israeli hostages freed from Gaza says she has "returned to life" as Hamas says the next group of Israeli hostages will be released on Saturday.
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Russian authorities say a Ukrainian attack has killed at least two people in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson held by Russian forces.
Houthi rebels in Yemen have announced they will limit attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships.
The head of Ukraine's army says the army has too few soldiers while Russian authorities have accused Ukrainian forces of killing seven civilians in Kursk.
These are the faces of the first 33 Israeli hostages set to be released under the ceasefire which started on Sunday.
Dylan Caporn
Hamas has freed three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners have been released by Israel after a ceasefire deal halted fighting in Gaza.
Mohammed Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie
About 60 people have been killed in Colombia's northeast after failed attempts to hold peace talks with rebels, authorities say.
Crowds in Gaza have cheered and chanted as armed Hamas fighters drive through the southern city of Khan Younis following the start of the ceasefire agreement.
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem
The Gaza ceasefire deal has come into effect after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.
Andrew Mills and Emily Rose
Southeast Asian nations have urged unhindered humanitarian access in Myanmar and called for a South China Sea code to be expedited.
Danial Azhar
A ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has come into effect with a hostage release to follow after a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.
Maayan Lubell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose
At least three people have been killed and three others injured in a Russian attack before dawn on the Ukraine capital of Kyiv.
Vladyslav Smilianets and Gleb Garanich
Donald Trump has arrived in Washington to celebrate with supporters ahead of his second inauguration when he will be sworn in as the 47th US president.
Michelle L Price
Drone attacks on power generating facilities run by Sudan's army have plunged large areas of the country into darkness.
At least three people have been killed in a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's military administration says.
The release of the first hostages from the Gaza Strip will go ahead as planned on Sunday, with the Israeli Government confirming it has approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal.
WA Digger Leslie Prior’s family carefully kept every scrap of information possible about his time as a POW. But there is not much.
Malcolm Quekett
The Gaza Strip ceasefire will take effect on Sunday, Qatar says, after the deal was ratified by Israel's full cabinet.
Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi
A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been declared in South Sudan following violence targeting people from neighbouring Sudan.
Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he will quit the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ratifies a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.
Ukraine's military says it has hit an oil depot in the Voronezh region of Russia in a drone attack.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has landed in Israel this week. The Gaza ceasefire offers a golden opportunity to begin mending fences with our old ally.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the country's cabinet will meet shortly to give final approval for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Andrew Mills, Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie
