Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and the U.S. Department of Justice are in early discussions about settling a 2024 lawsuit that ​alleges the iPhone maker violated antitrust laws, Bloomberg News ‌reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

The United States struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday, as the ​two sides risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.

Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern U.S. from the Great Lakes to Washington, D.C. on Friday, ​floodwaters tore through Texas’s Hill Country for a third day, and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large blazes now burning ‌in 15 states.

The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean.

The regions risk falling behind on AI adoption unless they are written into Australia’s landmark regulatory framework, an educator warns.

New Zealand detected on Friday the first infection of a native bird ​by the deadly H5N1 bird flu, days ‌after confirming a migratory seabird had tested positive in the country’s first recorded case of the disease.

The U.S. will hit Brazil with new 25% duties on its furniture, ethanol, machinery, footwear, sugar and other goods, ​launching a new wave of tariffs that could affect dozens of countries as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to rebuild its leverage on major trading partners after legal setbacks.

U.S. President Donald Trump declassified documents on Thursday that he asserted showed Chinese interference in U.S. elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a U.S. intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing affected ​the 2020 vote that he lost.

Iran and the United States exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has largely ‌unraveled last month’s truce, while Tehran disputed President Donald Trump’s claim that a U.S. citizen had been released.

Iran said it launched fresh attacks on U.S. facilities in the Gulf on Friday after ​a sixth consecutive night of U.S. strikes on Iranian military facilities, as last month’s truce descended into daily attacks and counterattacks.

Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat ​to global energy supplies.

The death toll from an explosive fire at a Bangkok live music pub has risen to 32 after two people died ​from their injuries, the Police Hospital said, as ‌police investigate the possibility of negligence as a factor in the blaze.