The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening relations between the neighboring countries.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gifted top government and military officials new sniper rifles following a weeklong ruling party congress celebrating his leadership.

Argentina’s Senate voted on Friday to approve a labor reform bill backed by President Javier Milei, giving it final clearance to become law and delivering a win the government says will strengthen investor confidence.

Guinea releases 16 Sierra Leone soldiers and police after a tense arrest tied to a long-running border dispute. Sierra Leone’s information ministry say Friday that Guinean authorities handed

Amazon, Nvidia and Softbank collectively invested $100 billion dollars in OpenAI, which is double what it raised in a 2025 funding round.

FIFA representatives will visit Mexico soon to assess security and mobility issues for the World Cup, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. The country’s ability to co-host the World Cup has been under scrutiny this week following the violence that erupted after the army killed powerful drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday.

A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the U.S. says a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people.

In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”