Iran has resumed rail services on key routes after repairing sections of track damaged during the war with Israel and the United States, state media said yesterday.

An Israeli airstrike killed at least three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health officials said, as mediators met leaders from Hamas in an effort to shore up a US-brokered ceasefire deal.

A phone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to US Vice President JD Vance made in the middle of negotiations derailed what could have been a breakthrough in the Iran-US standoff, Tehran has claimed.

India’s Supreme Court (SC) has declined to grant interim voting rights to those whose names were deleted during the voter roll clean-up process special intensive revision (SIR) and whose appeals are still pending before the appellate tribunals.

Ukraine and Russia renewed overnight drone strikes yesterday, after the end of a 32-hour Orthodox Easter truce marred by accusations of mass violations, both countries said.

Australia yesterday said a woman would lead its army for the first time in history, as part of a reshuffle of the country’s defence force leadership.

Pope Leo blasted violations of international law by “neocolonial” world powers in a forceful speech yesterday during an Africa tour, hours after US President Donald Trump’s direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church.

A US naval blockade of Iran is a major, open-ended military endeavor that could trigger fresh retaliation from Tehran and put tremendous strain on an already fragile ceasefire, experts say.

UK-French initiative appears to be separate from Trump's announced blockade

Lafarge had finished building a $680 million factory in Jalabiya in 2010, just before Syria's civil war erupted in March

Conference aims to form “strictly defensive” multinational effort to restore freedom of navigation

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warns Israel could act as spoiler, flags nuclear dispute and Hormuz tensions as key hurdles

Here are details on the planned blockade and its implications for oil markets.

Brent crude futures gained $7.03, or 7.4 percent, to $102.23 a barrel by 0810 GMT

Lieutenant general Susan Coyle was named Australia's Chief of Army following a three-decade career during which she has served in the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Both the Iranian and American delegations departed Pakistan without a deal

Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing officials and people familiar with the matter.

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he does not care if Iran comes back to negotiations with the United States after talks in Pakistan failed to produce a deal.

Only nine years old when communism collapsed, Magyar said he had decorated his walls with photos of leading political figures in his Budapest family home

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime and terrible for Foreign Policy," Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social.