A senior Russian military official was shot in Moscow early Friday and has been hospitalized, authorities said.

The European Commission is weighing energy, financial services and trade sanctions against Russia as the Ukraine war enters its fifth year.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling a snap election Sunday, counting on her unusual popularity among fans who see the hardline conservative as someone who speaks her mind and can bring change.

The Opening Ceremonies of the 2026 Winter Olympics featured four simultaneous events in four locations marking what organizers said was the most spread-out Games in history.

Mexican authorities have discovered bodies and remains in Sinaloa. They were found in the area of the ongoing search for 10 missing workers from a Canadian mine. The Attorney General’s

Software stocks and the broader Nasdaq Composite rose more than 1% as dip-buyers rushed into the market after days of intense selling.

Norway launched a corruption investigation into former Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland as revelations from the Epstein files roil the Nordic nation.

A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, officials said, a rare bombing in Pakistan's capital as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country.