Switzerland agreed to host a global peace summit on Ukraine at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China.

Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner took to the stage in front of thousands of jeering farmers protesting against tax rises and told them there was no money for further subsidies.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a constitutional amendment to change the status of South Korea as a separate state.

Pope Francis defended a landmark decision approving blessings for same-sex couples.

China has called for an end to attacks on civilian vessels in the Red Sea that have dramatically widened the Hamas-Israel conflict.

Hamas appeared to show the dead bodies of two Israeli hostages after warning Israel they might be killed if it did not stop its bombardment of Gaza.

Republican presidential candidates headed out for a final, frigid day of campaigning in Iowa.

Australia’s foreign minister called on Monday for a “sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza as she left for a Middle East tour that includes a visit to the occupied West Bank and meetings with the families of Israeli hostages.

North Korea on Sunday tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range, state news agency KCNA said on Monday, in a move that was condemned by the United States, South Korea and Japan.

Republican presidential candidates exhorted their supporters to brave glacial, life-threatening temperatures in Iowa to vote in the party’s first nominating contest on Monday, amid fears a predicted record cold snap could keep many voters at home.

Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the Oct. 7 attack led by gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement.