Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree providing debt relief to new Ukraine war recruits and their families, ​the Kremlin said, adding to ‌support tools as Moscow seeks to boost its army in more than four-year-long war.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal with Iran could “take a few days,” quashing hopes for an imminent end to the conflict ​a day after U.S. forces conducted what Washington called defensive strikes in southern Iran.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco ​Rubio said ‌that the Strait of Hormuz has ​to be open, “one ​way or the other”, ⁠when referring to ​U.S strikes on ​Iran on Monday.

Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. will meet in New Delhi ​in an effort to regain momentum in the Indo-Pacific-focused group known as the Quad that critics say has slowed under President ‌Donald Trump.

Cambodia’s king has pardoned former opposition leader Kem Sokha for a treason conviction, just weeks ​after he lost an appeal to overturn that verdict, according to a ‌royal decree released.

Taiwan sent ships and fighter jets to monitor the second Chinese “joint combat readiness patrol” in a week near the island, as ​Taipei steps up its guard over Beijing’s activities.

Farmers across Sudan say the hike in global fuel and fertilizer costs resulting from the Iran conflict will force them to cut back on planting this summer, ​restricting food production in a country where war has caused acute hunger.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday ​that he asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse to normalize relations with ‌Israel as he tries to negotiate an agreement to end the war with Iran.

Catholic popes have been urging global leaders to address social justice issues for 135 ​years across some two dozen major documents that many of the world’s 1.4-billion-faithful can cite by their two- or three-word titles.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised U.S. Secretary ​of State Marco Rubio ‌on Monday of Moscow’s decision to launch strikes on sites ​in Kyiv linked ​to the Ukrainian military, the ⁠Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Wind farms and solar panels are producing more of Australia’s electricity than ever, but slow approvals and investment commitments could stall progress.

Russia pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles on Sunday in ​one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the four-year war, firing an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near the capital.