While the Justice Department has said it has abandoned plans for President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, some of his allies are shifting focus to a different way to make payouts to his supporters, including those who took part in the January 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.

The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.

Four British pro-Palestinian activists were sentenced to a total of more than 20 years over a 2024 raid on a factory ​operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit which caused more than £1 million of damage, with the judge giving longer terms after ‌determining there was a “terrorism connection.”

Vietnamese authorities have dismantled a suspected transnational crime group that was allegedly preparing to establish a large-scale online scam centre in the country.

The leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party said on Friday that ‌she had used a visit to the U.S. to correct “many misunderstandings” about her pro-engagement approach to China, amid strong criticism from hawks in Washington.

By the time the truck pulled away from the morgue in Bunia, the morning heat hung heavily over the road to Mongbwalu.

A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman ​in U.S. court alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse the company ‌of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and the company’s chatbot.

After watching images of masked groups rampaging through the streets of Belfast — some targeting the homes and ​businesses of those believed to be immigrants — members of the city’s ethnic minority communities say they are afraid to leave their homes.

President Donald Trump said he ​is nominating Jay Clayton, the top U.S. attorney for Manhattan, to be the next U.S. spy chief in an ‌apparent bid to quell a political firestorm over his pick to fill the role temporarily.

Fuel stations on the ​Russian-held Crimean peninsula were out of petrol, Reuters witnesses said, as a Ukrainian campaign against supply lines ‌to the peninsula escalates.

SpaceX (SPCX.O), priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering at $135 per share, making Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft manufacturer one of the world’s most valuable companies.

The United States and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday for a second straight day, with President Donald Trump vowing further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.