Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party ​won another large parliamentary majority in this month’s elections, results released by the national election board ‌showed.

Negotiations between the US and Iran to reach a final deal to end the war are expected to continue throughout the night in Switzerland, a senior US diplomat engaged in the talks said.

Israeli soldiers are free to act without restriction to eliminate threats in Lebanon, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said, adding troops remained in position in what Israel refers to as a security ​zone.

A day of fragile gains in Bolivia saw major ‌protest roadblocks cleared for the first time in weeks on Sunday, but progress was overshadowed by the crash of a military support flight that killed six people, authorities said.

Ramiro Valdes, one of Fidel Castro’s earliest collaborators who was lauded at home as a hero of the Cuban revolution, has died at the age of 94, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on social media.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to restart war with Iran even as Vice President JD Vance met Iranian officials for the first talks under an interim peace deal that was overshadowed ​by Tehran’s announcement it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Direct talks between the US and Iran are set to begin in Switzerland despite the Iranian military saying it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon.

“My brother was murdered for not paying an extortion payment…in front of his children,” Edilma Martinez Flores said at a support centre for displaced people in Bogotá.

Negotiators from the United States and Iran were set to start peace talks in Switzerland on Sunday, even as U.S. officials disputed Iranian claims about closing ​the key Strait of Hormuz.

Australia will extend fuel excise relief for an additional month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, as ​the country continues to grapple with higher fuel costs ‌during the Iran war.

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including an Al Jazeera cameraman and at least one child, according to health officials and rescuers.

The ​Democratic Republic ‌of Congo said ​on ​Saturday the number ⁠of ​confirmed ​Ebola cases in the ​country ​had risen to ‌956, ⁠including 247 deaths.