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A group of women in Russia are staging regular protests to demand the return of their husbands and sons from Ukraine. They have differing views on the war, with some claiming to support it and others more sceptical. But all are united in the belief that their relatives have done their fair share of the fighting and should be allowed to come home.

Leonardo Da Vinci's world famous painting The Mona Lisa" has been attacked. Two protesters threw soup at the priceless artwork, which is protected by thick bulletproof glass in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The attackers then called for the reforms to the agricultural system.

As this year's Paris summer Olympics approach, athletes around the world are putting their training into top gear. In Ukraine, those hoping for sporting glory are working under very difficult conditions. The country's sports ministry says more than 400 athletes have been killed in the war. Attacks have also damaged more than 500 sports facilities. DW's Sonia Phalnikar reports on a top wrestler who's training against all odds.

Ukraine has accused Russia of deliberately risking the lives of prisoners of war, after a plane crash near Russia's border with Ukraine. The Kremlin has said Kyiv's forces shot down a transport aircraft, killing 65 Ukrainian soldiers heading to a prisoner swap.

A Russian military transport plane has crashed in the Belgorod region in the south of the country close to the border with Ukraine. The Russian officials said all the people on board, reportedly including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, have been killed. The Russian foreign ministry has blamed Kyiv for downing the plane.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday announced that it has signed a $1.2 billion (€1.1 billion) contract with companies from Germany and France for producing over 200,000 155 millimeter shells to NATO members, part of which will be supplied to Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that increasing weapons production is important in order to continue supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The 155 millimeter shells are to be used in the Caesar and Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery systems, as NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) announced on Tuesday. NATO signed the contract with France's Nexter Munitions and Germany's Junghans Microtec. The first deliveries will take around 24 months, NSPA Director General Stacy Cummings said. While addressing reporters in Brussels, Stoltenberg said that he does not see any imminent threat from Russia to any NATO ally. "We do all of this to ensure that we have the forces in place to remove any room for miscalculation or misunderstanding in Moscow about our readiness to protect every inch of NATO territory, and as long as we do that, there will be no attack against the NATO territory," he said. NATO artillery stocks have been drained by shipments to Ukraine in helping its forces fight off Russia's invasion. During Kyiv's offensive in the summer of 2023, Ukraine was firing around 4,000 to 7,000 artillery shells each day, according to European Union estimates.

EU Foreign Ministers are meeting today hoping to agree on a roadmap to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The EU's initiative comes as Israel faces mounting international pressure to end its offensive in Gaza. At the heart of their plan is a call for a "preparatory peace conference" that would be organised by the EU, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the League of Arab States. The United States and United Nations would be invited to take part. Germany's foreign minister says the only solution to the conflict is a two-state solution.

25 people have reportedly been killed in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin-installed authorities blame Ukrainian forces for shelling a busy area with many shops and a market. There has been no immediate comment from the government in Kyiv.

The pyramid in Tirana, once a monument to Enver Hoxha, the former communist dictator of Albania, now has new purpose as a technology center paving a way to the future. But is it erasing the past or integrating it into the future?

Japan's space agency says it is in contact with its uncrewed lunar lander which touched down hours ago. But the mission hasn't gone entirely to plan - officials say the lander is experiencing problems with its solar panels. For now it's operating purely on battery power.

Europe's biggest greenhouse is the size of 80 soccer fields. A technical organism, but does it also make ecological sense? Plants are illuminated with LEDs, heated with waste wood, and irrigated with rainwater. Everything is coordinated.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised news conference that Israel would not halt its offensive until it achieves its goals of destroying the Hamas militant group in Gaza. Netanyahu vowed to press on with the war in Gaza in the coming months. His comments came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel would never have "genuine security" without a pathway toward Palestinian independence. "We obviously see it differently," White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Thursday, referring to Netanyahu's comments about pressing on with the war. At least 24,620 Palestinians, around 70% of whom are women, children, and adolescents, have died in Gaza, according to the latest Health Ministry figures in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by Israel, Germany, and the US, among others.

Republican hopeful Nikki Haley is wooing voters in New Hampshire this week as she seeks to keep her bid for the Republican presidential nomination on track. On Monday Haley finished third behind Florida Governor Ron de Santis in the lowa Caucuses. Both finished far behind runaway frontrunner Donald Trump. The next contest is the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday. The primary is seen as a make or break for Haley who has tried to make the Republican race a choice between herself and Trump. But polls show her with a double digit deficit behind the former president.

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake left 221 dead on January 1 and more than 20 others still missing while injuring hundreds. More than 20,000 people, many of whom had their homes damaged or destroyed, are taking refuge at about 400 school gymnasiums, community centers and other makeshift facilities, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report. Many have criticized Kishida's government over what they called a slow disaster response although the cabinet has approved 4.7 billion yen (about $32 million) for relief efforts and is backing the call for a secondary evacuation, including to facilities in the capital region.