Mike Waltz, the US national security adviser, said on Wednesday that he spoke with his Russian counterpart about efforts to end the war in Ukraine."We agreed our technical teams would meet in Riyadh in the coming days to focus on implementing and expanding the partial ceasefire President Trump secured from Russia," he wrote in a post on social media platform X.

Malnutrition is growing in Yemen with needs outpacing current treatment capacity, medical charity MSF warned on Wednesday.The international charity has called for urgent support as admissions for malnutrition in the country remain alarmingly high, it said in a statement.

A 27-year-old was injured after being run over while attending a protest in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon.Magen David Adom transported the man to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.Leader of the Democrats Party, MK Yair Golan, wrote on X/Twitter that this was not a "traffic incident, but a terrorist attack."זה לא "אירוע" דריסה, זה פיגוע.האלימות נגד מפגינים פטריוטים היא תוצאה ישירה של השנאה, השקרים וההסתה היוצאים ישירות מממשלת ישראל.כשהשרים והעומד בראשם מתנהגים כאחרוני הבריונים, הם משחררים את הרסן לפגיעה באזרחים.אני דורש מהמשטרה והפרקליטות למצות את הדין עם המפגע במלוא החומרה.…— Yair Golan - יאיר גולן (@YairGolan1) March 19, 2025"The violence against patriotic protesters is a direct result of the hatred, lies, and incitement emanating directly from the Israeli government. When the ministers and their leader behave like the last of the thugs, they unleash their rage to harm civilians," Golan added.He also called on the police to bring the driver to "justice" and warned members of the coalition that they are responsible for what happened.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would support a US proposal to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure and that he hoped to speak to US President Donald Trump about his phone call on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.The White House said earlier that Putin and Trump agreed during a conversation to a limited 30-day ceasefire on energy infrastructure targets in Ukraine and that talks aimed at moving toward a broader peace plan would begin "immediately.""The two sides, Ukraine and Russia, are able to not strike energy infrastructure. Our side will support this," Zelensky told reporters during an online briefing. He added that Ukraine would support any proposals that lead to a "stable and just peace."The Ukrainian leader said that after the Putin-Trump call he himself spoke by telephone with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, both key European allies. "I think it will be right that we will have a conversation with President Trump and we will know in detail what the Russians offered the Americans or what the Americans offered the Russians,"He also told reporters that he hoped Kyiv's partners would not cut vital military assistance for Ukraine and that it would continue. He made the remark when asked about an earlier comment by Putin, who emphasized that any resolution of the conflict would require an end to all military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine.