Written as it happened, and updated as it developed.
Taiwan began its largest annual military exercise, called Han Kuang, on Wednesday, testing how well its armed forces could respond to a potential attack by China.
Iran, the US and Oman say they are making progress on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries much of the world's oil shipping.
A surge of migrants crossing into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, led 22 EU countries to demand Spain be punished, even suspended from Schengen, the EU zone where people can travel without passport checks.
Current and former US officials tell Reuters the Pentagon has used almost its entire stock of long-range precision-guided missiles fighting Iran, raising questions about what would be left for a separate crisis with Russia or China.
Ukrainian drones struck warehouses in three Russian cities early Tuesday, killing at least six people, Russian officials said.
A cargo ship was hit by an unidentified projectile early Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway off Oman through which much of the world's oil is shipped, Britain's maritime watchdog UKMTO said.
More than two dozen Palestinians killed in Gaza and over 125 Israeli incursions into Lebanese airspace this weekend test a disarmament framework announced just days earlier.
Iran said Monday it is not negotiating with the United States and expects no talks, contradicting President Trump, who said a deal over the Strait of Hormuz (a key oil shipping route) could start that same afternoon.
Overnight, Ukraine reportedly tried to hit a spent nuclear fuel storage building at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, Europe's largest, which Russia has controlled since early in the war.
Reuters reports, based on unnamed sources, that Japan is preparing to announce it acted jointly with the United States to support the yen, its currency, which has been weakening.
Leaders from 22 EU countries have criticized Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez over how Spain handled a surge of migrants crossing into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa.
Russia fired ballistic missiles and drones at Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 28, Ukrainian officials said.