The Ukrainian president says a three-day pause is over after fresh Russian attacks and US attempts to pressure Kyiv.

President Volodymyr Zelensky made the announcement in an interview with The Financial Times. He had paused the strikes to comply with a demand from the United States.

Asked whether Russia could use proceeds from the diesel deal to purchase more bombs, Trump sidestepped the question. "That's a ⁠diesel deal, not for us. That's being released in

BBC Ukraine Correspondent Dan Johnson is in Kyiv, where at least three people were killed in overnight strikes.

An official says the roof of a private school has collapsed in northwestern Pakistan and killed at least 10 schoolchildre

At least 27 students, most younger than 13, were killed in Pakistan along with a teacher when a school roof collapsed during classes in the northwestern city of Peshawar, authorities said.

Thirty-two children and a teacher were killed and dozens injured when the roof of a school in northern Pakistan collapsed on Thursday morning, authorities said.

Forty others are injured and rescuers are searching the rubble for any survivors, according to local media reports.

A Russian attack on Kyiv’s Desnianskyi district killed at least one person and injured more than 20, damaging residential buildings.

A ​series of explosions jolted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the late evening. and Zelenskiy and his military said there had ​been no advance warning of the strikes. "Once again, no ⁠advance ⁠warning from our partners.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces attacked Kyiv on Tuesday with ballistic missiles, targeting energy sites, and Western allies had not warned Ukraine as they typically do.

North Korea’s wartime friendship with Russia grabs the headlines. But China is its true patron, propping up its despotic regime. The two did $2.7bn-worth of bilateral trade in 2025, up from $2.2bn the year before and not accounting for illicit deals kept off the books because of sanctions.

A new bridge linking China and North Korea has opened after more than a decade of delay It's being touted as a symbol of the neighbors' traditional friendship and it signals deeper ties between the co

China and North Korea officially marked the long-delayed opening of their most significant land border crossing on Thursday (October 15), aiming to rejuvenate trade and commerce after years of soured ties and pandemic-related suspension in exchange.

The New Yalu River Bridge spans 3km (1.9 miles) from the Chinese border city of Dandong to Sinuiju in North Korea A long-delayed road bridge linking China and North Korea has opened, Chinese state media report,

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “might have gone too far” in the war with Iran, while claiming U.S. military action had devastated Tehran’s

President Trump said the Iran war will end “very soon,” as he spoke to reporters in Kalispell, Montana, after a rally there ahead of midterms.

During his rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, on Oct. 14, 2026, Trump tells supporters that the Iran war will end soon and gas prices will go down.

President Trump said Wednesday night at a rally in Montana that he wasn’t sure who U.S. officials were negotiating with in their efforts to bring an end to the Iran war. “They don’t have a navy. They

Two cargo ships have sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being struck by unknown projectiles in separate incidents – highlighting the heightened danger to shipping as Iran steps up attacks in an attempt to regain control over the critical waterway.

Iran says a cargo ship has sunk after hitting a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz with few immediate details. It's the first time Iran has reported a ship sinking after hitting a mine during the

The strikes come as the U.S. military is successfully shepherding more oil through the strait.

Iran appears to be targeting vessels carrying out ship-to-ship oil transfers around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a military institute. Meanwhile the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen carried out