North Korea's has followed up a string of recent missile tests by testing a powerful weapons system that can destroy a target area of 12-to-13 hectares.
Staff Writers
With a rising threat of US strikes recommencing after the midterm elections, Iran envoys have again sat down with Qatari mediators to discuss a path to peace.
Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky have crossed into Ukrainian-held territory in a significant rescue operation.
Russia has vetoed a US resolution that would have supported Morocco's demand for sovereignty over Western Sahara and ended a 35-year UN peacekeeping mission.
Antoni Slodkowski
Residents of Oleshky in Ukraine have boarded buses to leave the stricken city in a striking example of co-operation between the conflict's warring sides.
The Iranian navy says a tanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil has hit a mine in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have entered the devastated city of Oleshky following a rare ceasefire, bringing aid and evacuating those who want to leave.
Hanna Arhirova
The UN's nuclear watchdog has condemned as unacceptable a drone attack that killed a worker at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant.
At least 14 people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, local authorities say.
Dan Peleschuk and Max Hunder
Iran's government received a letter from US Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump has confirmed.
North Korea has fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast, which comes at a time of rising animosity with the South.
Hyung-jin Kim
America is telling its Mideast partners to brace for potential US action against Iran after November's elections, as well as possible retaliation from Tehran.
Aamer Madhani and Samy Magdy
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Iran wants to give diplomacy a chance to succeed and raised the possibility of a seven-day plan proposed by Tehran.
Ukrainian and his Russian officials say there have been no ceasefire violations in the devastated city of Oleshky for 30 hours.
A Sudanese military drone strike has killed more than 100 people at a market in Nyala, South Darfur.
Finland's president and Norway's prime minister have jettisoned the practice of most European leaders of avoiding contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Jordan's air force has carried out strikes against Islamic State in Syria in retaliation for an attack on a church in that killed nine people.
Yasmine Ghania and Ahmed Tolba
A badly injured Ukrainian soldier has told of his daring rescue from the frontline after a newly-developed drone swooped in and airlifted him to safety.
Derek Gatopoulos and Susie Blann
A UN inquiry says Russia has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and other inhumane acts, with continuous attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Edith M Lederer
Jordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for an attack on a Greek Orthodox Church that killed nine people last week.
AbdelHadi Ramahi and Yasmine Ghania and Muhammad Al Gebaly
Senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have met in Tehran in another attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran conflict.
A local truce between Russian and Ukraine comes as Moscow is accused of war crimes in the broader war, intentionally causing suffering and forcing men to fight.
Jekaterina Golubkova
Officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are meeting in Tehran amid fears of fresh fighting as the US and Israel sharpen their threats before elections.
Samy Magdy
US warnings about Russian ballistic missile strikes that are critical to Ukraine's air defences are fully restored, Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.
