A Russian ballistic missile strike killed seven and wounded 15 in Ukraine's Black Sea Odesa region, a local governor said Friday, adding that the attack targeted port infrastructure.

President Donald Trump left the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table in an interview published Friday, after escalating the US pressure campaign on Caracas with an oil blockade.

The widow of murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has endorsed JD Vance for president in 2028, firing an early starting gun on the White House race, and offering the backing of the influential youth organization founded by her husband.

Putin warned Friday that "severe consequences" would have followed for the EU if it had approved using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine -- after the bloc failed to approve the plan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his annual end-of-year press conference on Friday that US President Donald Trump was right to sue the BBC over edited clips of his speech.

A famine declared in Gaza in August is now over thanks to improved access for humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Friday, but warned the food situation in the Palestinian territory remained dire.

Sarcastic messages briefly flashed up on a big screen in the hall where Russian President Vladimir Putin was holding his annual press conference and "direct line" phone-in on Friday.

Bangladesh Violence Highlights: Bangladesh has been rocked by violent protests since late Thursday after the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, with concerns of further unrest ahead of national elections in the country.

An unexpected romantic moment unfolded during Russian President Vladimir Putin's lengthy annual press conference when a young journalist turned the global broadcast into a marriage proposal before going on to question the president.

Sharif Osman Hadi, the radical student leader and aspiring lawmaker whose killing has triggered a fresh wave of violence in Dhaka, had had a meteoric rise in Bangladesh after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year.

More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organization said Friday.

"President Trump is making serious efforts to end this conflict," said Putin.

In the wake of deadly shootings at Brown University and the MIT that killed three people and injured several others, US President Donald Trump has moved to halt the diversity visa programme, also known as the green card lottery.

Attacks at metro stations in Taipei on Friday involving smoke bombs and stabbing killed at least three people, the fire department official said, adding that the suspect was also dead.

In an age when economic landscapes shift like sand dunes beneath a relentless sun, the recent India-Oman CEPA emerges as a testament to the enduring spirit of collaboration amidst geopolitical uncertainties.

Ukraine and Russia have carried out a new exchange of bodies of dead soldiers, Ukrainian and Russian officials said on Friday.

UAE airport authorities cancelled or delayed dozens of flights and roads were flooded in major cities as the heaviest rainstorm in months lashed the desert nation on Friday.

India and the Netherlands are set to elevate their bilateral partnership into a more strategic and future-orientated relationship, Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel said.

Bangladesh was rocked by widespread unrest after Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth figure associated with the country's 2024 pro-democracy movement, died from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt.

Bondi beach shooter Sajid Akram had visited India six times in nearly three decades, primarily to resolve property-related matters in Hyderabad, police said.