Middle East and Africa

Hamas welcomes UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

Russia summons Australian envoy over post condemning voting in occupied Ukraine

Soyuz spacecraft with American, Russian and Belarusian docks with ISS

Senegal ruling coalition candidate Ba calls Faye to concede defeat

Detained Binance executive escapes custody in Nigeria, national security adviser says

Analysis-Irish PM-in-waiting Harris faces daunting but not impossible task

UNRWA says Israel will no longer approve its food convoys to northern Gaza

Only effective way to ramp up Gaza aid is by road, Guterres says

Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on Niger army that killed dozens

Hamas armed wing says Israeli captive dies due to 'lack of medicine and food'

Four detained gunmen are not Russian citizens, says interior ministry

Islamic State releases photo of alleged attackers in Russia shooting

Houthi leader says there has been 'reckless' American-British attacks on Yemen

Yulia Navalnaya expresses condolences to victims of shooting near Moscow

Russia says United States must share any information it has on attack near Moscow

Lebanon to complain to UN, saying Israel disrupts navigation systems

King Charles 'so proud' of Kate for speaking about cancer discovery

Blinken says Rafah offensive risks further isolating Israel globally

Sixty-five migrants' bodies found in Libya mass grave, IOM says

Ireland leadership contest deadline brought forward to Sunday

France to work on new UN Gaza ceasefire resolution, Macron says

Russia says it has hit Ukrainian army, factories and energy infrastructure in "revenge strikes"

Macron says it is a mistake to think Russia will stop in Donbass, Crimea

Spain, Ireland, Malta, Slovenia agree to work towards Palestinian state recognition

EU sanctions 33 people over Navalny death

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says main power line is up again

Hungary's Orban congratulates Russia's Putin on re-election

Algeria president sets presidential election for Sept 7

Launch aborted of Russian Soyuz spacecraft seconds before blast-off

Arab ministers, Palestinian official brief Blinken on vision for two-state solution

Russian missile kills one, injures four in Ukraine's Mykolaiv, officials say

EU leaders will call for sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, Borrell says

China is under unprecedented US, EU pressure over Russian payments, says Kremlin

Vessel reports shots fired near Yemen's Nishtun, Ambrey says

China hits back at US for criticising new Hong Kong security law

Kyiv receives first 4.5 billion euro tranche of EU bridging finance

Italy economy minister says up to the market to decide on Telecom Italia

Who will become Ireland's next prime minister?

Russia says it is pushing Ukrainian forces back, will create two new armies