US President Donald Trump said Friday he called off a second wave of attacks on Venezuela after securing cooperation with the new leadership, which began releasing prisoners nearly a week after Washington forcibly removed the leftist president.

Tarique Rahman on Friday formally assumed office as the Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), days after the demise of former Bangladesh Prime Minister and the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

The United States said Friday it seized another tanker that tried to break an American naval blockade aimed at preventing sanctioned vessels from going to or departing Venezuela, the fifth ship apprehended in recent weeks.

Israeli ambassador to India Reuven Azar has said the ongoing wave of protests across Iran reflects a deep and long-suppressed public anger against the country's clerical establishment.

An intermediate-range ballistic missile -- dubbed "Oreshnik" -- used by Russia in an overnight strike on Ukraine is, according to the Kremlin, a "state-of-the art" weapon that cannot be intercepted.

Iran is witnessing its most significant wave of unrest in years, with more than 40 people dead and over 2,200 arrested as security forces tried to quell protests demanding economic reforms and the removal of the Ayatollah Khomeini-led regime.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered a warning to the United States as protests driven by economic hardship continue to spread across the country.

UK MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Priti Patel, on Friday termed the situation in Bangladesh "concerning and worrying" and called for protecting religious freedom in the South Asian nation.

India on Friday criticised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and disapproved of the note he sent to jailed activist Umar Khalid.

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that the United States should 'kidnap' Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if they believe in humanity, just as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was taken away.

The Donald Trump administration in the United States is reportedly planning to offer money to each resident of Greenland to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join America.

"We continue to witness a disturbing pattern of recurring attacks on minorities as well as their homes and businesses by extremists," said Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.

Videos shared by activists on social media purported to show protesters chanting against Iran's government around bonfires as debris littered the streets in the capital, Tehran, and other areas.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has turned off its image creation feature for non-paying users following backlash over its use to create sexualized deepfakes of women and children.

Russia attacked Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight on Friday, officials said. The onslaught killed at least four people and injured 25 others in Kyiv.

Ashley St Clair alleges X revoked her Premium privileges after she criticised the Grok chatbot for generating sexualised images of her.

South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.

Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia's outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say were hoarded by a man now accused of stealing 100 sets of human remains

There's a few special words that will perk the ears of many a dog -- hungry, park, and of course T-R-E-A-T. But a choice group of gifted canines appear to have remarkable capacity for learning human vocabulary, to the point that they acquire language

The victim, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, was shot on Wednesday during a federal law enforcement operation.