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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A train crashed into a school minivan at a level-crossing in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday, killing four people including two special needs pupils, authorities said.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's ​right-wing coalition won the Venice mayoral election, projections showed on Monday, ‌retaining control of the most prominent city at stake in a round of local votes held across Italy.

The State Department's top aid official said on ‌Thursday that $1.8 billion in new humanitarian aid to be provided by the U.S. through the United Nations would be used in line with the Trump administration's foreign policy interests.

Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Russia's oil refineries and ports.

Ukrainian President ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia's proclamation of a limited ceasefire for its World ‌War Two commemorations exposed the "strange and inappropriate" logic of its leaders.

Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leading figure in the hard-left France Unbowed (La ​France Insoumise) political party, will stand in next year's ‌presidential election, he said on Sunday.