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The Chinese and Russian leaders reaffirmed their relationship in a call on Monday, an apparent rebuff to the idea that the Trump administration could drive a wedge between the two countries.

Through three years of wartime leadership, Ukraine’s president has mostly played weak hands wisely. But his approach has fallen flat with the Trump administration.

Less than a week before it expires, Israel and Hamas have failed to agree to extend the cease-fire in Gaza. Here’s how the deal could still continue — and what happens if it doesn’t.

Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition.

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big implications for Europe.

Fresh possibilities have emerged for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia with a change of power in Washington.

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes.

Voting will soon close in national elections. Polls show the hard-right AfD party is likely to have its best showing ever. The results will be of critical importance as Europe re-evaluates relations with the Trump administration.

The Rapid Support Forces said it was paving the way to an end to the civil war. Critics called it an audacious gambit by a group that the United States has accused of genocide.

Hamas criticized Israel’s decision to delay the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, amid growing tensions and concerns for the future of the truce in Gaza.