Indonesian troops had moved towards the village of Soanggama, and a firefight with a group of about 30 separatists broke out.
Stanley Widianto
The surprise announcement of a US-Russia summit casts doubt on prospects of Ukraine getting Tomahawk missiles when its leader meets with President Donald Trump.
Jeff Mason
Israel remains committed to a ceasefire deal, and is urging Hamas to return the bodies of deceased hostages yet to be handed over.
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell
Bruce Robertson was the first radio operator to spot Japanese subs in Sydney Harbour.
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Afghan authorities say Pakistani forces carried out two drone strikes on Kabul on the previous day.
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Houthi rebels in Yemen say their chief of staff has been killed "while fulfilling his duties" after repeated Israeli strikes targeting the group's leaders.
The return of the bodies of all hostages remains a point of tension between Israel and Hamas as aid trucks roll into Gaza and a crossing prepares to reopen.
Ecuador authorities say they suspect a criminal group detonated explosives on two bridges on routes between the coast and mountains.
Emergency power cuts are being introduced in Ukraine as Russian strikes again target the nation's energy infrastructure ahead of winter, Kyiv says.
Anastasiia Malenko and Pavel Polityuk
A 48-hour ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan has taken effect following days of deadly cross-border clashes, the Taliban government says.
Afghan and Pakistani forces have clashed at the border for the second time in a week, with tensions high as each accuses the other of attacks and incursions.
Munir Ahmed
Mohammed Mustafa, the Australian doctor who shared harrowing accounts of treating children in Gaza, doesn't believe the Trump-brokered peace plan will hold.
Ben McKay
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has stripped the elected mayor of the port city of Odesa of his Ukrainian citizenship.
US President Donald Trump says the United States has struck a small vessel allegedly carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
Repatriating the bodies of hostages remains among issues with the potential to derail a ceasefire that has ended war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Steven Scheer and Nidal al-Mughrabi
A Madagascar army colonel says the military has taken charge of the African island country after President Andry Rajoelina fled.
Belgian police have used tear gas to disperse demonstrators as protests against proposed austerity measures crippled traffic in Brussels.
A ceasefire deal ending deadly border conflict between two Southeast Asian nations could be witnessed by US President Donald Trump within weeks.
Rozanna Latiff
Donald Trump has garnered rare praise from across the political divide with Joe Biden and Bill Clinton acknowledging his part in the Gaza ceasefire.
A woman whose kidnapping on the back of a motorcycle from the Nova music festival was shown around the world, has been reunited with her newly-freed boyfriend.
Maayan Lubell
Hamas has rounded up and shot dead dozens of people accused of collaborating with Israel in Gaza as it moves to become a post ceasefire de facto police force.
Nidal al-Mughrabi
The political crisis in Madagascar has deepened with the president moving to dissolve parliament after weeks of anti-government protests.
Jubilation has greeted the return to Israel of the last living hostages held in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in a ceasefire deal.
Sam Mednick and Giovanna Dell'Orto
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is heading back to the Oval Office to try and persuade Donald Trump to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons.
HANNA ARHIROVA and DEREK GATOPOULOS
