In a major case announced by US authorities, 54-year-old Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, has pleaded guilty to plotting the murder of a US citizen in New York City.

An Indian national has pleaded guilty in the United States to orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot aimed at assassinating a US citizen and Khalistani Terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City

The US military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may choose his daughter Kim Ju Ae as his successor, South Korean lawmakers revealed, citing a spy agency briefing.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he decided to move a second aircraft carrier into the Middle East as he presses Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program.

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to try to bypass Congress and force new voting laws ahead of the November midterm elections, where his Republican Party fears losing control of the legislature.

Washington's representative to NATO said Friday that Russia may never be ready to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine, which Moscow's forces launched nearly four years ago.

President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen" as the US administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that once the conflict in Ukraine is settled, Europe will need to establish a new framework for living alongside Russia to prevent any future military escalation.

President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States relationship with Venezuela is "very good" and that he plans to visit the country.

The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own as immigration officials expanded the practice over the last year.

Dubai's DP World named a new chairman and chief executive officer on Friday, replacing its former leader Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, after the Epstein files revealed frequent correspondence between him and the convicted sex offender.

Bangladesh Election Results Highlights: Steered by a leader back to the country after a 17-year exile, Tarique Rahman-led BNP raced towards a decisive win in the crucial national election held on Thursday.

Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.

On the day the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to victory, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina issued a blistering statement denouncing the election as a "pre-planned deception and farce".

Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering

There was also the national referendum on the implementation of a reform package, which saw a 60.26 per cent voter turnout in Bangladesh, with the 'yes' vote winning a clear majority, the Election Commission announced Friday.

Two men were jailed on Friday for plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in England, a plan prosecutors said could have been deadlier than December's mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

For now, Keir Starmer has bought time, but heads sans party loyalty. His authority rests on temporary endorsements and managed optics.

French President Emmanuel Macron begins his three-day visit to India on February 17 with a schedule that mixes remembrance, business, technology and geopolitics, an itinerary designed to underline how far the India-France relationship travelled.