Four-time champion Max Verstappen maintained the pressure on McLaren's nerve-wracked title duellists on Friday when he beat them both to claim pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix.
Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of one more hostage on Friday night, after insisting it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins after two years of war.
John Bolton has spent decades navigating the halls of power in Washington, earning a reputation as a leading foreign policy hawk.
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Pakistan launched air strikes inside Afghanistan late Friday, killing at least 10 people and breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, Afghan officials told AFP.
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US President Donald Trump suggested Friday it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that the war with Russia could probably be ended without them.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that he would likely meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng next week to prepare for high-stakes talks between the presidents of the world's two biggest economies.
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Pakistan launched strikes on Afghan soil late Friday, killing at least 10 people and breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, officials told AFP.
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Prince Andrew of Britain on Friday renounced his title of Duke of York and other honours after being increasingly embroiled in scandals around his ties to US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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US President Donald Trump suggested Friday it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first.
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The UK government vowed on Friday to do everything to allow all fans to attend a match between Aston Villa and Tel Aviv Maccabi after anger at a ban on the Israeli team's supporters.
South Africa's juggernaut rolled on in the Women's World Cup as they crushed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in a rain-marred contest in Colombo on Friday.
Pakistan launched strikes on Afghan soil late Friday, breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, a senior Taliban official told AFP, warning that Kabul would "retaliate."
King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV will pray together in a "unique" Sistine Chapel service not seen in centuries, Buckingham Palace said Friday, as it announced next week's state visit to the Vatican.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to push the US leader for long-range Tomahawk missiles that can strike deep inside Russia.
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Georgian prosecutors raided the homes of some of the country's most powerful former officials on Friday, including ex–prime minister Irakli Garibashvili, signalling what may be a shakeup within the country's ruling elite.
A senior member of the US Federal Reserve on Friday indicated he could back another interest rate cut later this month, while urging a meeting-by-meeting approach going forward.
Thousands of worshippers returned on Friday to the Gaza Strip's few intact and many damaged mosques, where for the first time in months loudspeakers blared the Islamic call to prayer.
John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump's national security advisor before becoming an outspoken critic of the US president, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of mishandling classified information.
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