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SARAH STINSON: Every morning Viki Cohen woke not knowing what - or if - her hostage son Nimrod had eaten, if he was warm, if he was scared, if he was safe. But she refused to give up.

In a speech made from an undisclosed location after a military rebellion, President Andry Rajoelina said he has fled Madagascar in fear for his life but was yet to announce his resignation.

Twenty hostages held by the terrorist group for 737 days were released from Gaza, locking in a ceasefire that could lead to permanent peace in the Palestinian enclave and triggering celebrations across Israel.

Taliban troops and Pakistani soldiers exchanged fire with both sides claiming wildly different death tolls in as border tensions between the neighbouring countries erupted.

China says they will not back away from a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump vowed to impose punishing new retaliatory tariffs on Chinese imports. 

France's newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has named a new government, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget.

Russian and Ukrainian forces have traded drone strikes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to US President Donald Trump.

US forces plan a ‘civil military co-ordination centre’ in Israel to provide humanitarian, logistical and security assistance, an official said, but will not deploy to Gaza.

Ukraine is deploying a new strategy to get Donald Trump to pressure Moscow to stop the war: holding the carrot of a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says President Donald Trump ‘deserves congratulations’ following the US-led Gaza peace deal.

Around 200 US troops will help oversee the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, setting up a coordination centre to manage aid and security without entering Gaza.

Israel believes 20 hostages are still alive in Gaza, their families clinging to the hope of release.

Four Australians are back home after being part of an international mission to deliver aid to Gaza, and they won't be intimidated by Israel's ‘fear tactics’.

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

TIMELINE: Now that the Israeli Government has officially approved Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, a series of historic events are set to play out. Here is what we know.