Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's government has imposed sanctions including asset freezes on his former press secretary Yuliia Mendel.
Staff Writers
Ukraine's rail operator says a Russian drone hit a train shortly after former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats used the same line.
The Yemen conflict has intensified as government forces launched attacks against Houthi positions along the Red Sea and Houthi rebels fired into Saudi Arabia.
An Iranian commercial vessel has been struck off Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person reported killed and four wounded.
US President Donald Trump wants an end to Ukrainian military strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks are causing a global fuel shortage.
There are fresh headaches for US President Donald Trump with Houthi militants poised to potentially choke off the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Humeyra Pamuk, Simon Lewis and Matt Spetalnick
South Korea says the North has launched short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, a day after South Korea, Japan and the US concluded military drills.
Previously classified papers detailing intelligence gathered on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda prior to the 9/11 attacks have been released by the CIA.
Meg Kinnard
The capture by Houthi rebels of a strategic island at the southern end of the Red Sea threatens oil exports and opens a new front in the US's war with Iran.
Fatma Khaled, Samy Magdy and Cara Anna
Russian drone attacks on petrol stations in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have killed two people, with more drones launched in retaliation.
Memorial events have been taking place across the United States to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks in which nearly 3000 people died
Collin Binkley and Meg Kinnard
The United States is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that left nearly 3000 people dead and the nation shaken.
Jennifer Peltz
MI5 boss Sir Ken McCallum says security needs to be treated as a shared national endeavour.
Stanley Murphy-Johns
Oil extended its powerful rally above $US100 a barrel following an escalation of hostilities in the Middle East that has stoked fears of deeper supply disruptions.
Bingyan Wang and Mia Gindis
Hostilities had been paused during the visit to Moscow and Kyiv of US President Donald Trump's negotiators seeking to end the war with Ukraine.
Two children are among the dead after Israeli forces carried out a strike in a northern Gaza Strip community, al-Shifa Hospital says.
Several US military aircraft have been damaged in an Iranian attack on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, a US official says.
Idrees Ali
Houthi militants have taken control of Yemen's Red Sea port city of Mocha and reportedly advanced down the coast to strategic islands.
US President Donald Trump says his Russian counterpart wants to make a Ukrainian peace deal as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Oslo.
The US threatens to attack a site linked to Iran's nuclear program after the two sides launched their biggest attacks on shipping since the start of the war.
Enas Alashray and Idrees Ali and Jana Choukeir
The Houthis have launched attacks on four Saudi cities, while the US has struck five Iranian tankers, in an expansion of the six-month-old war.
KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Jet-powered drones and missiles have pummelled Kyiv, killing five people, with explosions reverberating across the city as Russia resumed its attacks.
Vladyslav Smilianets and Anna Pruchnicka
Saudi Arabia has vowed to retaliate after 73 people were injured in attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
The US military has sunk another Ecuadorian vessel the US Southern Command alleges was linked to illicit drug trafficking.
