The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost around 1,320 servicemen over the past 24 hours as a result of actions by Russian battlegroups in the special military operation zone, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Israel has expanded its military operations in southern Lebanon, with its armed forces claiming to have captured the strategically significant historic Beaufort Castle. The military has also announced the start of a "large-scale" new operation in the region.
A mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging fields of grain.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons, following reports of a new and more stringent peace proposal sent by Washington to Tehran.
Japan’s population has declined by more than three million over the past five years, according to preliminary results from the country’s latest national census, underscoring the growing severity of its long-running demographic crisis.
US President Donald Trump has said the United States should not have become militarily involved in either Iraq or Iran, describing past American interventions in the region as major strategic mistakes.