State media images showed leader Kim Jong Un honouring the flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed helping Russia fight Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump once again targeted former aide Elon Musk, attacking the number of government subsidies the entrepreneur is receiving, after the tech billionaire renewed criticism of the president’s flagship spending bill.

Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say, accusing the Islamic republic of using fear to compensate for weaknesses revealed by the conflict.

The United States said on Monday it was revoking visas for the British punk-rap group Bob Vylan, which led a chant at the Glastonbury festival calling for the death of the Israeli military.

Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not offering Iran anything nor talking to it “since we totally obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed 34 people on Monday, including 11 waiting for aid, as momentum built behind a ceasefire push for the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

Russian forces have taken control of the first village in the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, Russian state media and war bloggers said.

US authorities found the body of a lone gunman suspected of starting a wildfire then shooting at firefighters tackling the blaze in the northwestern state of Idaho, killing two.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at prosecutors in Israel over the corruption trial that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced, saying Washington, having given billions of dollars worth of aid to Israel, was not going to “stand for this”.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement on Friday in Washington to end fighting that has killed thousands, with the two countries pledging to pull back support for guerrillas – and President Donald Trump boasting of securing mineral wealth.

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders called on Friday for a controversial Israel- and US-backed relief effort in Gaza to be halted, branding it “slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid”.

An exploding electrical transformer sparked panic at a high school in Bangui as thousands of students arrived to sit their baccalaureate exams. Dozens of students were killed and hundreds more were injured.

Armed gangs overran the army bases engaging in prolonged firefights with troops deployed to battle criminal gangs and jihadists. The military responded with a counteroffensive operation.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the United Nations is facing unprecedented attacks on its founding principles, as it marks 80 years since the organisation’s charter was created.

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, local health authorities said, as mediators reached out to Israel and Hamas to seek a resumption of ceasefire talks to end the war.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been in hiding since the start of the war with Israel, according to reports.

A medical panel appointed by US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr opened its first meeting on Wednesday under a cloud of controversy after a presentation it planned to review cited a non-existent study.

Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza hope the ceasefire with Iran marks a turning point – one that could lead to a truce with Hamas and finally bring their loved ones home.

Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for next month’s BRICS summit due to the outstanding International Criminal Court arrest warrant on the Russian president, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.