It was unclear whether the cease-fire would be honored. It came a day after soldiers fired at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, and amid multiple airstrikes.

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of launching new attacks against each other's energy facilities, in violation of a U.S.-brokered moratorium.

Vladimir Putin demands from Washington, according to the signed document, a reconnection to the Swift banking system, a decision impossible without the European Union. Trump rehabilitates Putin's tankers.

Hamas said it had accepted a proposal for a new cease-fire, which would see some hostages released from captivity in Gaza. But details were elusive.

The U.S. reached agreements with Ukraine and Russia that, if implemented, would represent the clearest progress yet towards a wider ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s military is “switching gears” in Gaza, dividing and seizing more parts of the strip, a move experts say could mean Israel establishing deeper, more long-term control over the territory.

Germany's chief diplomat is describing U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked.

Like with the previous cease-fire barring attacks on energy facilities, Russia immediately went back on its word and launched a drone attack on Mykolaiv, a port city in the northwest region of the

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President Trump continued his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy but turned the tables and also criticized Russia's Vladimir Putin as he pressed for a Ukraine war ceasefire.

Russia is one of the world’s three largest oil producers, meaning any attempt to punish purchases of Russian supplies could have a far-reaching effect on the oil market.