Ukraine’s children have lost much of their childhood to war. Three years into invasion, how are they coping and what are their dreams for the future?

Blasts in southern Tel Aviv came ahead of next hostage release as fragile Israeli-Hamas ceasefire still holds

Without a stronger stance against Russian aggression near Ukrainian nuclear power plants, disaster is looming ‘closer and closer’, says historian Serhii Plokhy

The UK and France has banded together to propose 30,000 European troops stationed in Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer will fly to the US for his first official meeting with Donald Trump in the White House next week

US officials have estimated the Ukrainian troop death toll is closer to around 60,000 to 70,000

The suspect of the Austria stabbing in Villach may have been motivated by Islamist extremism, interior minister Gerhard Karner said

Amani Ahmed left Gaza days before war broke out, and was separated from her family for six agonising months. Now, she tells The Independent about life in the UK and the prospect of a future in Gaza

Police are investigating the 24-year-old suspect’s personal background as more details emerge

Six stabbed at random after suspected Islamist knifeman launched attack in Villach, Austria

Three hostages, including an American-Israeli, were released by Hamas and hundreds of prisoners released by Israel – four of whom were rushed to hospital

Public sex and drinking alcohol also may be banned under the proposals

The store’s owner said they have seen the woman squash buns in their shop in Fukuoka before

The arrested suspect Farhad Noori had hints of an ‘extremist background’, police investigating attack that injured 36 people say

Ukraine’s future may well have changed dramatically this week after the US held its first talks on ending the war with Russia.

Afghan failed asylum-seeker in Germany believed to have put Islamist posts on social media suspected of attack

Afghan whose bid for asylum was rejected being questioned as two people left fighting for life

Usually teeming with tourists, incessant earthquakes have seen the Greek island of Santorini deserted by the majority of its residents

Louise Lasalle was found dead in woods in Longjumeau, northern France - arrests were made after a man was seen walking behind her on CCTV

As Sweden falls silent for the victims of the Orebro killings their families are still waiting for answers, Alex Croft writes