War

Winston Peters says the current state of global affairs is probably the worst he remembers.

The world's nuclear-armed states are beefing up their atomic arsenals and walking out of arms control pacts, a think tank said on Monday.

Iranian authorities report 60 people including 29 children were killed in an attack by Israel on a housing complex in Tehran.

Analysis - Israel's surprise attack aims to disrupt Tehran's nuclear programme, but the scale, choice of targets and its politicians' own words suggest another objective.

Iran's senior military officials said the war would "spread in the coming days to all areas occupied by this [Israeli] regime and American bases".

Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing… Audio

Iran insists its nuclear energy programme is only for peaceful purposes.

The text garnered 149 votes in favour, while 19 countries abstained and the US, Israel and 10 others voted against.

Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel on Tuesday, the day after the Israeli navy prevented her and a group of fellow pro-Palestinian activists from sailing to Gaza.

Officials said Russia launched another large drone attack, striking Kyiv and damaging a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa.

Israel is describing the ship as a "selfie yacht" carrying "celebrities".

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship with 12 people on board was carrying humanitarian aid, including rice and baby formula.

Forces are pushing into the central region of Dnipropetrovsk, an area it has been trying to reach for months, according to the Russian defence ministry. Audio

A controversial humanitarian organisation backed by the US and Israel has accused Hamas of making "it impossible" to operate in the enclave. Audio