US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone as a Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil pumping station in Russia.
Staff Writers
US President Donald Trump has urged Iranian authorities to "get smart soon" and sign a deal to end the conflict.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced withering questioning from Democrats in Congress about the Iran conflict.
Days of impasse over efforts to end the Iran war have spurred US President Donald Trump to make fresh demands on Tehran or face an extended blockade.
Western Australia has lost one of its greatest World War II veterans with the passing of Bill Grayden aged 105.
Malcolm Quekett
Three members of the Lebanese Civil Defence have been killed in a Israeli attack in southern Lebanon.
President Vladimir Putin has complained about a growing number of Ukrainian attacks on civilian sites in Russia, pointing to strikes on oil facilities.
Violence in Gaza has continued despite a ceasefire with five Palestinians killed following Israeli air strikes.
President Donald Trump says Iran has informed the US they are in a "state of collapse" and they want Washington to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iran war is no closer to being resolved, with Tehran's proposal of leaving nuclear talks until later not going down well with US President Donald Trump.
Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland
Resolute Mining says its Syama gold mine in Mali remains operational as it monitors a fresh outbreak of violence in the country’s capital and several other regional centres.
Daniel Newell
Taiwan's defence ministry says a Chinese destroyer and a frigate have entered waters to the southwest of the Penghu islands.
Afghan officials say mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan struck a university and homes in northeastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding 70.
Diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war stalled again with US President Donald Trump unhappy about the latest proposal from Tehran.
Russia's latest overnight barrage of civilian areas in Ukraine has wounded more than a dozen people in the city of Odesa.
Hanna Arhirova
Israel has extended a self-declared buffer zone, instructing Lebanese residents of seven towns to evacuate after a soldier was killed.
Iran's foreign minister has flown to Moscow to seek Russian support, while Donald Trump says Tehran can phone the US if it wants to discuss ending the war.
Steve Holland and Asif Shahzad
Mali's defence minister has been confirmed killed in an attack on his home during a wave of insurgent strikes across the nation.
At least 16 people have been killed by strikes in Ukraine and Russia on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Samya Kullab
Mali's army says several hundred assailants have been killed after militants launched co-ordinated attacks in the capital and other cities.
The latest Russian attack on Ukraine's Dnipro region has killed at least 10 people and injured dozens more.
The booing of Indigenous-led ceremonies on Anzac Day has been widely condemned, but the opposition leader says the acknowledgements of Country are overused.
William Ton and Farid Farid
US President Donald Trump cancelled plans for his special envoys to visit Pakistan for peace talks following Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi's departure.
The Israeli military has restated its warning for residents not to approach the Litani River area in southern Lebanon while it battles Hezbollah.
