Google could be forced to change its search operations in the UK after it became the first company subject to new powers from Britain’s competition regulator to tackle the dominance of Big Tech.

The Trump administration said on Saturday it would pay troops during the federal government shutdown by tapping unused funds that had been set aside for research and development.

Thousands of Palestinians streamed north along the coast of Gaza on Saturday, trekking by foot, car, and cart back to their abandoned homes as a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding.

The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border.

Sunday marks the second day of the ceasefire in Gaza, and Hamas’s deadline to return the remaining 48 Israeli hostages is nearing.

Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a “recipe for chaos” and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children’s deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.

Nineteen people were missing and possibly dead after a devastating explosion on Friday morning at a military explosives plant in Tennessee, officials said.

Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least seven people, while towns near the epicentre suffered structural damage and authorities warned of strong aftershocks.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, reappointing him after he quit the job earlier this week, hoping the loyalist can draw enough support from deeply divided parliament to pass a 2026 budget.

A major Russian attack on central Kyiv triggered a fire in a high-rise apartment building and targeted energy sites early on Friday, cutting power to parts of the capital, officials said.

The United States will deploy 200 troops as part of a joint task force for Gaza stability, with no Americans on the ground in the Palestinian enclave, two senior U.S. officials said on Thursday.