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The hours-long missile ‌and drone attack primarily targeted Kyiv and Kharkiv, and damaged 30 energy facilities, Zelenskiy said. At least 600,000 people were left without power.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had proposed ​new talks in the coming ‌days with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as Washington steps ​up efforts to bring ​Kyiv and Moscow back to negotiations.

A Russian strike on a high-rise residential ​building in a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv ‌killed two people and injured at least nine, while attacks in other Ukrainian regions killed at least six people, officials said on Monday.

Russian attacks killed six ​people in two ‌Ukrainian cities on Sunday, including a strike ​on a grocery ​store in Kharkiv, Ukraine's ⁠second-largest city, where ​three people died ​and 20 were injured, officials said.

The US military ​said on Saturday it had disabled a commercial ‌cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the ship's crew ignored warnings and attempted to run a ​naval blockade against Iran.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Thursday that Russia agreed ​with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that ‌the Ukraine conflict was in a stalemate.

The US will livestream the ​Army's upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented ‌broadcast of a US execution.

Drones hit a data centre owned by Russia's Yandex , the country's ​leading AI and technology company said on Thursday, in the first major attack on a Russian data hub since the ‌start of the war with Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ​on Tuesday that the latest intelligence suggested ‌Russia was preparing a "massive attack" on Ukraine.

Iran's armed forces are prepared for any ​renewed U.S. attacks, state media quoted ‌army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an ​Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait ​of Hormuz and end fighting.

Russia also struck ​different districts of the Kyiv, local ‌officials said.

France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he had discussed ​with US President Donald Trump initiatives aimed ‌at securing a moratorium between Ukraine and Russia on attacks linked to the energy sector.

The International Committee of the ‌Red Cross has been denied access to Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russian detention for ​two years, it told Reuters on ​Friday.

A report said Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war ​in Ukraine, including gang rape and electric shocks to the genitals, while Ukrainian authorities were also responsible for a smaller ‌number of violations.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will ​not travel to ‌New York as planned next week because ​his presence is ​required in Berlin, a ⁠government source said ​on Tuesday.

Russia attacked two Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones early on Friday, killing two people ​in an escalation of strikes that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said were becoming "increasingly terrorist in nature."...

A ​U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to allow President Donald Trump's administration to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would ‌tighten mail-in voting requirements before November's congressional elections, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a similar request.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would consider a pardon ​for Michael Cohen, his former fixer ‌whose testimony contributed to a 2024 conviction against Trump, but who has more recently said that he "felt ​pressured and coerced."...

Serbia's government ‌on ​Monday ​asked President ⁠Aleksandar ​Vucic ​to dissolve the ​parliament ​and call ‌a ⁠snap election, ​Prime ​Minister ⁠Djuro ​Macut ​said ⁠in a ⁠televised ​statement.

Mamad Mohamad watched with mixed emotions as the far-right Alternative for ​Germany (AfD) swept to a historic victory on Sunday evening in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

The far-right party has a realistic shot at winning an absolute majority if several smaller parties fail to clear their hurdles to enter parliament.

Russia attacked Ukraine's port infrastructure and a ​border crossing with Romania in the southern Black Sea ‌region of Odesa overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.

Germany's ministers for the interior and for foreign affairs plan to ​announce on Tuesday that Russian intelligence ‌services were behind an attempted drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle airport in early ​August, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Russia launched waves of drones at Ukraine's capital Kyiv and surrounding region on Friday, damaging warehouses and homes in ​a second consecutive day of strikes Ukrainian officials said were an attempt to derail ‌daily life for millions of residents.

A Dutch court on Friday sentenced a 67-year-old man to life in prison for war crimes and genocide committed in Rwanda in ​1994, where it said he had been involved in the killing ‌of around 3,000 Tutsis who had sought refuge from Hutu attacks at a stadium.

A drone attack caused a massive fire ​that destroyed a warehouse run by Russian ‌e-commerce giant Wildberries, officials said early on Wednesday, as Ukraine pushes ahead with its campaign to hurt Moscow's economy ​by targeting online retailers.

Each side blamed the other for derailing negotiations.

Russia downed 180 drones in ​the Moscow region overnight, the capital's ‌mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on the Telegram messaging app early on Tuesday, in ​one of the biggest Ukrainian ​air attacks on the Russian capital.

France's top court on Friday blocked ​a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of ‌expression and delivering a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who asked his government to rewrite the legislation.

A Syrian court ​sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest ‌during the country's nearly 14-year war.

Pope Leo on Sunday said innocent people are being killed and wounded in Ukraine and ​Russia, and called for an end to the ‌conflict.

Three crew members were seriously injured after ​a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship ‌was hit in a drone attack near Russia's Black Sea ​port of Novorossiysk, Turkey's ​maritime authority said late on ⁠Monday.

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one child and injured two others on Sunday in a playground in the ​Russian border region of Belgorod, the acting regional ‌governor said, with a top Russian rights official denouncing the incident as an "inhumane terrorist act".

A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow ​on Saturday evening, the authorities said.

Two Ukrainian drones hit and ​sank a civilian vessel owned by ‌Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom sailing in the Black Sea overnight, the company's head, ​Alexei Likhachev, said in a ​statement on Saturday.

Moscow's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Romanian complaints that Russian drones have violated its airspace ​were groundless and vowed to respond to Bucharest's ‌expulsion of a Russian diplomat.

The U.S. walked out as France addressed a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Monday, accusing its longtime ally of "disingenuous grandstanding" over ​French comments comparing the U.S. to North Korea, Russia and other authoritarian ‌states regarding votes on human rights issues.

French police detained a man on Monday after he attacked three women with knives near Porte de ​Clichy in Paris, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will propose ​that conservative parliamentary ‌director Steffen Bilger replace Patrick Schnieder as transport ​minister as ​part of an ongoing cabinet ⁠reshuffle, a government ​spokesperson said in ​a statement on Sunday.

South African President Cyril ​Ramaphosa on Friday won a court challenge that halted ‌a parliamentary impeachment process over misconduct allegations linked to the "Farmgate" scandal.

German Chancellor Friedrich ​Merz said on ‌Sunday he may now potentially ​have an ​opportunity for changes to ⁠his cabinet, ​a statement coming after ​the resignation of a top politician ​over the ​weekend.

Relations have been strained ​over defence spending and the ‌war with Iran.

A senior member of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling conservatives faced pressure to resign on Friday after having a baby born through ​a surrogate mother in the United States, contrary to his own ‌party's opposition to surrogacy.

Russian ballistic missiles struck at ​least two districts in the Ukrainian capital ‌Kyiv early on Thursday, triggering fires and killing two people, officials said.

The New York Times has filed a court motion ​to block federal grand jury subpoenas to three ‌of its journalists over their reporting on President Donald Trump's new Qatari-donated Air Force One, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Ukraine's parliament accepted the resignation on Tuesday of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who stepped down after just a year in office at ​the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a reshuffle for which he ‌has offered little explanation.

The European Union pledged on Monday aid worth €120 ​million ($137.14 million) to strengthen the ‌air defence system of Moldova.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that officials who allowed weapons warehouses to operate ​in a residential area outside Kyiv where ‌explosions killed 10 people had been identified and would be held accountable.

Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, in a shift from ​planned U.S. deployments to Germany's own long-range strike capability.

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who is serving a long prison sentence in Russia, ​has been admitted to hospital, Kommersant newspaper ‌reported on Thursday.

Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones early on Monday, killing at least 26 people and ‌exposing Kyiv's critical shortage of U.S.-made interceptors, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year.

An Austrian court on Monday convicted a former Syrian intelligence chief from Raqqa of offences including torture and sexual assault over the ​mistreatment of opponents of then‑leader Bashar al‑Assad more than a decade ‌ago.

Russian attacks killed three people on Thursday in different regions of eastern Ukraine, ​regional officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had earlier warned of a possible overnight attack.

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday directed federal prosecutors to prioritize investigations of so-called birth tourism schemes after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States.

Greek ​rescuers were searching for ‌people trapped after a four-storey apartment block collapsed on ​Tuesday in the ​Petralona area of Athens, the ⁠fire brigade said.

A 45-year-old man in an apparent child custody dispute was the suspected shooter at a shelter for mothers and children in northern Germany that left six dead on Monday, officials said.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Thursday by backing the federal government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims.

The U.N. nuclear ​watchdog will carry out inspections in Iran soon following an interim peace accord between the United States and ‌Iran, its chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday, although Tehran later indicated that access to key sites remained contingent on a final agreement and sanctions lifting...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday "I will do ‌what I have to do" if Iran does not stick to its agreement with Washington.

The U.S. military on ​Sunday said it struck a vessel in the ‌Caribbean, killing two people, alleging that the vessel was operated by "designated terrorist organizations" that it ​did not identify.

President Karol ‌Nawrocki earlier stripped Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Poland's top honor over a historical dispute over World War Two.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was willing to send his interim deal to end the war with ​Iran for review by the U.S. Congress, as lawmakers, including many of his fellow Republicans, said they were largely in the dark ‌about the pact.

One person was killed ​and nine more were ‌injured on Sunday after Ukrainian drones ​hit an apartment ​building in the Russian ⁠city of Oryol, ​south of Moscow, ​the regional governor said.

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orban as its leader on Saturday for ​another year despite the party's loss of power in an ‌April 12 election to the centre-right Tisza party.

While the Justice Department has said it has abandoned plans for Trump's proposed $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, some of his allies are shifting focus to a different way to make payouts to his supporters, including those who took part in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

Fuel stations on the Russian-held Crimean peninsula ​were out of petrol on Thursday, Reuters witnesses said, as a Ukrainian campaign against supply lines ‌to the peninsula escalates.

Russia said on Wednesday that the question of whether Armenia remains part of a military alliance of former Soviet states and a separate economic grouping must be settled quickly, ​against a background of growing tensions between Moscow and Yerevan.

U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌said on Wednesday ​that he ​might not renew ⁠the ​USMCA free ​trade deal with Canada and ​Mexico.

A longstanding political stalemate in the U.S. Congress over money for immigration enforcement ended on Tuesday, when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a $70 billion bill ​to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the ​remainder of President D...

U.S. President Donald Trump said early on Tuesday that ​the pilots of a U.S. Army ‌Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz "are fine."...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said Russian magnate Roman Abramovich had met him in Kyiv and offered to take a message to the Kremlin on peace prospects, but ​the Ukrainian leader reiterated that his government would not abandon its Donbas region.

Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early on Tuesday in a heavy attack that authorities said killed 22 people and wounded more ​than 100.

The U.S. plans to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from bases in Europe ​and will present its proposals to ‌NATO allies next month, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday, citing an ​unidentified Pentagon source.

Russia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Armenia for consultations in protest at its rapprochement ​with the European Union as a June 7 ‌election nears.