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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are "going well," and the regime's public comments rejecting the Trump administration's demands are just for show.

Catholic leaders will be able to conduct Easter services from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem under an agreement reached with Israeli police after priests were turned away from the holy site on Palm Sunday due to security concerns.

From a wartime factory floor to targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine's homegrown drone and missile industry is quietly reshaping the war.

Cuba prepared on Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the island's first such delivery this year.

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. military aircraft involved in airstrikes on Iran.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz raised the prospect of many of the Syrians who came to his country returning to their homeland over the next few years as he met Syria's leader on Monday, arguing that they are needed to help rebuild the country.

Iran's Kharg Island, home to a terminal through which the country exports most of its oil, has emerged as a focus of the month-old war launched by the United States and Israel.

Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth millions of euros (dollars) from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said on Monday.

President Trump said Monday the U.S. has entered "serious discussions" with the Iranian regime to end the war, but warned he will destroy the Islamic republic's energy infrastructure if a deal isn't reached soon.

Iran on Monday rejected President Trump's 15-point peace plan and reiterated that Tehran is not engaged in negotiations with the U.S. or regional governments.