Two Russian drones struck trains at a station in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region.

Malawi’s Peter Mutharika vowed to root out government corruption and rebuild an ailing economy after he was sworn in for a second term as president of the southern African nation.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he will introduce legislation to deter aggression against Taiwan by identifying targets for economic measures that could be deployed rapidly if China acts against the island.

The United States killed four people in a strike against a vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs just off the coast of Venezuela, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, at least the fourth such attack in recent weeks.

The U.S. Treasury on Friday released a draft design for a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to commemorate 250 years since the declaration of American independence in 2026.

Police arrested several people as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago that has been the focus of protests since a federal immigration enforcement surge began last month.

President Donald Trump told Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and some other terms in a U.S. plan to end the war, but vexing issues like disarmament appeared unresolved.

The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to serve as ceremonial head of Anglican Christianity worldwide, prompting immediate criticism from conservative church leaders in Africa.

Both runways at Munich airport were closed on Friday evening for the second time in less than 24 hours after drones were again sighted, authorities said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shutdown failed again in the Senate.

Pope Leo initially impressed conservative Catholics after his election in May as he embraced traditions shunned by his predecessor Pope Francis and steered clear of hot button social issues that divided the 1.4 billion-member Church.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.