Russia has accused Ukraine of breaching Donald Trump's three-day ceasefire over 1,000 times, while Kyiv reports fresh casualties from Russian drone and artillery strikes. The truce, timed to Victory Day, looks shaky from day one.
Putin says the Ukraine conflict is 'coming to an end' after a Trump-brokered three-day ceasefire and a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. The reality is rather more complicated.
A shaky US-Iran ceasefire is just about holding after reported strikes on Iranian oil tankers, while Bahrain says it has arrested 41 people allegedly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Three US destroyers traded fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, yet Trump insists the ceasefire is intact. Here is what happened and why it matters for UK pockets.
Iran says the US has formally replied to its 14-point peace proposal, brokered through Pakistan, but Trump signalled rejection before he had even read it. Here is what is on the table and why it matters.
Israeli air strikes killed at least thirteen people across southern Lebanon on Friday, including four women and a child, despite a three-week ceasefire extension announced by President Trump on 23 April 2026.
Pope Leo XIV used a prayer vigil at St Peter's Basilica to condemn the 'delusion of omnipotence' fuelling the US-Iran conflict, marking his sharpest rebuke yet in an escalating series of papal interventions calling for peace.
US and Iranian delegations held landmark talks in Islamabad, brokered by Pakistan, as a fragile ceasefire teeters and deadly strikes in Lebanon threaten to derail peace efforts.
Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal brokered by Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey, demanding a permanent end to the war instead. With Trump's Tuesday deadline looming and threats of infrastructure strikes escalating, the six-week conflict shows no sign of resolution.