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By Olena Harmash, Reuters Photo: AFP / Roman Pilipey Ukraine has lost over 40 percent of the territory in Russia's Kursk region that it seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said. The source, who is on Ukraine's General Staff, said Russia had deployed 59,000 troops to the Kursk region since Kyiv's forces swept in and advanced swiftly, catching Moscow unprepared two-and-a-half-years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "At most, we controlled about 1376 square kilometres, now of course this territory is smaller. The enemy is increasing its counterattacks," the source said. "Now we control approximately 800 square kilometres. We will hold this territory for as long as is militarily appr...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters People comfort each other inside Kamal Adwan Hospital, following an Israeli strike in the area. Photo: AFP Strikes kill 120 in last 48 hours, damage hospital, Palestinian officials say Israel military says it is "not aware" of strike on Kamal Adwan Hospital Ceasefire negotiations on hold after Qatar suspends mediation Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 120 Palestinians over the last 48 hours and hit a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics say. Among the dead were seven members of one family whose house was hit overnight in the Zeitoun suburb of Gaza City, the health officials said. The rest were killed in separate Israeli strikes in central an...

By Maddy Morwood and Jessica Lamb, ABC Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, members of the so-called Bali Nine gang, were executed in 2015. (File photo) Photo: AFP The remaining members of the Bali Nine could be set to return to Australia after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lobbied the new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto for their release. Albanese raised the issue with Subianto on the sidelines of this month's APEC summit in Peru that Australian men Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens and Michael Czugaj be transferred to Australian prisons to continue serving their sentences. Senior Indonesian minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said his government will consider Albanese's request and make a decision in December. He said that other countries have made ...