Ukrainian authorities named President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s powerful former chief of staff as a suspect in a ​major corruption probe, a move likely to pile pressure on ‌the president’s office at a sensitive moment in the war with Russia.

A fire set off ‌by a potential gas explosion killed one person in Brazil’s biggest city Sao Paulo on Monday, while also damaging around ​10 homes and leaving three people injured, ​the local fire department said.

A 27-year-old man suspected of plotting a violent ​attack and of planning to ‌join Islamic State in Syria or Mozambique had sought to target ​a Parisian museum and the ​Jewish community, though no specific ⁠target was identified, a source ​close to the investigation said.

South African President ​Cyril Ramaphosa faced down calls to resign over a scandal in which thieves stole bundles of ‌cash in foreign currency hidden in a sofa on his ranch.

The hantavirus-hit ​MV Hondius departed the Spanish island of Tenerife for the Netherlands as the last six passengers and some crew members were evacuated from the luxury cruise ship.

Two alleged hit men have been arrested and charged after a months-long investigation into an alleged plot to take out a prominent underworld figure.

Groups of passengers and crew disembarked from a cruise ship hit by ​a deadly hantavirus outbreak on Sunday to be evacuated to their home countries where they will isolate according to national protocols to prevent further spread of ‌the disease.

President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal ​sent oil prices surging higher on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed.

Not enough has been done to help younger generations enter the housing market since Labor was re-elected last year, the prime minister has admitted ahead of the federal budget.

A passenger of a cruise ship that was struck by an outbreak of hantavirus has shown symptoms of the disease while being repatriated to France, the country’s prime minister has said.

President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s response to a U.S. proposal for peace talks, dashing hopes for an imminent end to the 10-week-old conflict ​that has caused widespread damage in Iran and Lebanon, paralyzed maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and driven up global energy prices.

Indian ​Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged a ‌spate of measures including fuel conservation, work-from-home practices and limits on travel and imports, as a surge in global energy ​prices puts pressure on the country’s foreign exchange ​reserves.