More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.

The Global Sumud Flotilla said 22 of its 58 vessels were "abducted," while the Israeli foreign ministry derided the convoy as a "condom flotilla."

In southern Lebanon, towns near the border with Israel have been largely destroyed by Israeli demolitions and strikes. Israel says it has been attacking Hezbollah infrastructure, but civilian infrastructure has also been significantly affected.

Moscow is reducing the footprint of its foremost annual military parade amid a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia.

The first nonstop commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela in nearly seven years is set to take off on Thursday, marking the practical end of a ban imposed in 2019 amid security concerns and political unrest.

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday its first-quarter net profit surged more than fivefold from a year earlier, driven by robust demand for high-end memory chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.

Pakistan has commissioned its first Hangor-class submarine in China, marking a key step in its naval modernization.