Middle East and Africa

UN Security Council to vote Friday on delaying return of Iran sanctions

Portugal's Azores on extreme weather alert as cyclone Gabrielle approaches

Flotilla for Gaza poses no threat to Israel, Spanish minister says

UK's Starmer dismisses leadership threat as rival stokes talk of challenge

Iran's vice president says it won't waver from its nuclear programme

Russian attacks cut off power for 70,000 consumers in Chernihiv region, Ukraine says

Palestinian leader pledges to work with Trump, others on UN-backed Gaza plan

Israel strikes Yemen's Sanaa after Houthi drone attack on Eilat

Italy's navy to assist Gaza aid flotilla with just one ship

NATO's Rutte: members can target Russian aircraft entering NATO space when necessary

Poland bans pro-Russian Moldovan politician Irina Vlah from territory

Polish PM warns against 'illusions' over Trump's Ukraine rhetoric

Car explosion in Tel Aviv a criminal incident, Israeli police say

Russia says it backs Trump's call for ban on biological weapons

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he is ready to leave office after war

Italy, Spain deploy naval vessels to protect flotilla on course for Gaza

Ukraine restores diplomatic ties with Syria, Zelenskiy says

Drones disrupt flights at second Danish airport in a week

Israel says conclusion of talks with Syria contingent on demilitarisation, safeguarding Druze

US envoy Witkoff confident of 'some sort of breakthrough' on Gaza in coming days

Russia protests to Moldova over refusal to accredit its election observers

Israel’s Netanyahu says combined military-diplomatic effort underway to defeat Hamas, bring back hostages

At least 20 injured after drone strike on Eilat, Israel's national ambulance service says

Trump promises Arab leaders he won’t let Israel annex West Bank, Politico reports

Zelenskiy tells UN: Stop Russia's war or face dangerous arms race

WHO confirms 11 new Ebola cases in Congo

Malawi re-elects Mutharika after five years of economic crisis under Chakwera

Iran oil sales to China would continue even if UN sanctions activated, oil minister says

Spanish defence minister's jet suffers GPS disturbance near Russia's Kaliningrad

France's town halls told to remove Palestinian flags flown to mark Macron's recognition

Russia says it's advancing in Ukraine and its economy is stable, after Trump calls it 'paper tiger'

Ukrainian drones stage new attack on major Russian petrochemical complex

Russian finance ministry proposes raising VAT to help fund Ukraine war

Zelenskiy thinks Trump could help change Xi's position on Russia's war in Ukraine

Macron, sitting next to Trump, says recognizing Palestine does not ignore Hamas attack

Trump now says Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia

Iran's Supreme Leader says negotiations with US would not be in Tehran's interests

Italy to recognise Palestine only if Hamas excluded, all hostages freed

Trump says Palestinian statehood would reward Hamas