Trump says ‘Project Freedom’ paused as US, Iran peace talks advance
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says ceasefire with Iran remains in place despite growing tensions in Hormuz Strait.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says ceasefire with Iran remains in place despite growing tensions in Hormuz Strait.









Russia launched at least 19 attacks on the Donetsk region and 833 across the Zaporizhia region, authorities say.
Israeli forces keep advancing further into western Gaza, slowly expanding the area of their control in the east.
Ukrainian attacks on Russia injure at least six people in Vologda region and annexed Crimea.
Israeli forces killed six Hezbollah fighters in an exchange of fire in the area of Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon.
A radiation survivor and expert, an elderly returnee, and a wildlife researcher paint a picture of life 40 years later.

Mourners attended the funeral of Amal Khalil, a journalist who was killed in an Israeli attack in south Lebanon.
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Hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain fires at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery.
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says the attacks on the country’s civilian infrastructure are ‘another proof of terrorism’.

Plumes of black smoke were seen after Ukrainian drones targeted Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse.
Berlin calls undefined threats ‘an attempt to undermine support for Ukraine and test our unity’.