Europe

Ahead of ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited soldiers near a front-line Ukrainian city.

As the UK and its European allies ramp up their defence spending, Prince William has spent two days with British troops based in Estonia.

Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations that the other is responsible for blowing up a major European gas pumping supply station in an act of provocation.

Flights in and out of Heathrow are set to resume after a fire caused a power outage, shutting down Europe's busiest airport for a day with continuing worldwide flow-on effects.

Vladimir Putin has sent a message to Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry on her appointment as International Olympic Committee president as Russia seeks to have it’s Olympic ban lifted.

A diver has had a near-death encounter with an octopus that decided to fight back after being poked with a stick. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of having “effectively rejected” proposals for a ceasefire following a barrage of strikes on civilian infrastructure.

If you’re worried that there are no more towns in Italy left selling homes for the price of a litre of fuel, don’t be.

The White House claims Ukraine-Russia peace has ‘never been closer' as President Donald Trump prepared to pick up the phone and call President Vladimir Putin to discuss three major points.

Military chiefs from the ‘coalition of the willing’ will meet in London this week to discuss plans for a Western peacekeeping force to be deployed to Ukraine.

Pope Francis did not appear at the window to greet children gathered in his honour, but has released his first photo since his hospitalisation for double pneumonia.

Police are searching for the husband of a woman who was doused with liquid and set on fire on a tram.

Businessman Robert Potter found combat in the warzone similar to World War I - and science fiction movies.

A group of European leading security figures have revived a plan called Sky Shield, which aims to gather around 120 fighter jets to protect Ukraine, and they want Australia involved.

US President Donald Trump has threatened an entire continent with a 200 per cent tariff if it does not relent on plans to impose tariffs on a key American export.