Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had proposed reviving contacts on Black Sea shipping but that he had not yet had time to study the documents. Turkey and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have long been seeking to get merchant shipping...

The World Health Organization said it had lost contact on Friday with staff at northern Gaza’s last functioning hospital, after the Israeli army said it was operating in the area. Gaza’s health ministry said hundreds of patients and staff were detained at Kamal Adwan Hospital....

Children in Gaza are dying in pain for want of emergency treatment as a result of Israeli authorities approving fewer and fewer of them for medical evacuation following the closure of the Rafah crossing, United Nations agencies said on Friday. Whereas before almost 300 children were being...

China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was not aware of North Korean troops being in Russia, after the United States said it had seen evidence that North Korea had sent 3,000 troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on...