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Russia is warning diplomats and foreign residents to leave Ukraine's capital, saying it plans to launch strikes on the country's military facilities and defense industries in Kyiv.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened "one way or another," as the U.S. and Iran work through the final stage of peace negotiations despite rising tensions in the region.

Lawmakers warn that President Trump's increasing attacks on fellow Republicans endanger his legislative agenda in Congress and isolate segments of the GOP base.

A crash between a bus and a train traveling at high speed in northern Belgium killed four people, including two children, and injured five other children, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Firefighters battled a grass fire in Edinburgh and temperature records toppled as a spring heatwave scorched parts of Western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life.

Russia fired more than 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, as the country's foreign ministry noted that Moscow's recent threat to hit Kyiv especially hard from the air brought nothing new.

Rescuers tried to reach seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos for the seventh day on Tuesday, with difficult terrain and weather impeding their efforts. There has been no contact with them since they became trapped.

Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria landed in Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday, despite Australia's government warning that the returnees could face charges.

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95.

U.S. forces struck missile-launch sites and other targets in southern Iran on Monday, military officials said, even as the Trump administration signaled that a peace deal between the two sides could be near.