The 84-year-old mother of US TV presenter Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped 41 days ago.

Russian forces have doubled their use of loitering munitions and fixed-wing attack drones in southern Ukraine over the past five days.

Ukraine’s president says the US decision "certainly does not help achieve peace".

Russian troops are attempting to rotate personnel at observation posts on the islands of Velykyi Vilkhovyi, Bilohrudyi, and Nestryha in the southern region and to move their vessels, but the Ukrainian Defense Forces are regularly destroying their boats.

The move forms part of a broader process of returning cultural artefacts to African countries that started in 2017.‎

People in Iran are questioning who’s really in charge after Mojtaba Khamenei’s first address came via a presenter on state TV.

Since the start of the day, 66 attacks by Russian troops have been recorded on the front line, including 21 in the Kostiantynivka direction.

Israeli leaders are framing the bombing campaign as having transformed the Middle East in their favour as pressure to end the conflict builds.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the main topics of discussion at the Élysée Palace were joint weapons production, participation in SAFE programs, strengthening air defense and combat aviation, as well as the release of EUR 90 billion in EU aid and negotiations on EU accession.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has received six requests from countries in the Middle East for help amid the war with Iran. At the same time, he expects the return of the Ukrainian delegation from the Gulf region in order to determine the scale of assistance those countries expect.