Qatari negotiators say Hamas have approved a 60-day truce deal that includes "a pathway to a comprehensive agreement to end the war" in the Gaza Strip.
Staff Writers
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the bodies of soldiers as US President Donald Trump says he is hopeful Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make a deal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has hailed White House talks as a "major step forward", but the path to a lasting peace with Russia remains uncertain.
Tom Balmforth, Matthias Williams and Anastasiia Malenko
Hamas has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza including a 60-day truce and release of some hostages, and Israel is considering its response.
Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Penny Wong has criticised Israel’s retaliatory decision to revoke visas of Australia’s representatives to the Palestinian Authority as ‘an unjustified reaction’.
Caitlyn Rintoul
An Australian woman is one of the record number of aid workers who have died while serving others in the world's worst conflict zones.
EDITH M LEDERER
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has power dressed for his high-stakes meeting at the White House with Donald Trump.
Steve Holland
Half a century after the Battle of Long Tan, the Albany RSL marked the conflict — and the people who served in the larger Vietnam War — with a moving service.
Melissa Sheil
Australia has reaffirmed support for peace on Ukraine's terms as European Union leaders prepare to flank the Ukrainian president during his trip to Washington.
Dominic Giannini
Thousands of bodies could be buried at a site where Iraqi officials have begun excavating a mass grave that's a legacy of the notoriously brutal Islamic State.
STELLA MARTANY
Fearing a deadly new Israeli offensive, some Palestinians are evacuating eastern Gaza City as calls for a ceasefire intensify.
Nidal al-Mughrabi
Vietnam War veterans are being honoured around the nation but for thousands of Australians, the battle for recognition of their service and suffering continues.
Jack Gramenz and Fraser Barton
A momentous meeting looms as Donald Trump pressures Ukraine's leader to abandon hope of reclaiming Crimea or joining NATO in order to reach a deal with Russia.
Max Hunder
The war in Sudan continues to bring misery, with an attack on a displacement camp killing more than 30 people, while 25 million are on the brink of starvation.
A Houthi-run television station in Yemen is reporting that a power plant in the capital Sanaa has been hit, knocking out generators.
Sources say Vladimir Putin demanded control of the entire Donetsk region in his Alaska meeting with Donald Trump who says Ukraine has 'gotta make a deal'.
Steve Holland, Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth
President Donald Trump has delivered a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin from first lady Melania Trump that raises the abductions of children in Ukraine.
European leaders have again pledged their support for Ukraine while cautiously welcoming details from the Trump-Putin summit despite no deal being reached.
European powers are reaffirming their support for Ukraine following the Trump-Putin summit and say Kyiv must be included in the next steps to stop the fighting.
Andreas Rinke
Volodymyr Zelenskyy will fly to Washington to meet Donald Trump after the US leader's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin secured no deal on Ukraine.
Samya Kullab and Elise Morton
People in Gaza are struggling to secure enough water for drinking and sanitation as a heatwave takes hold.
Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, warning "Lebanon will have no life" if the government takes on his Iran-allied movement.
Maya Gebeily and Jana Choukeir
Donald Trump is on his way to a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin where the US president faces the uncertain task of sealing a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Andrew Osborn
The South Korean president's overture to the North comes amid soaring tensions fuelled by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions.
Kim Tong-hyung
