Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

South Korea's Kospi touched a record high for the second straight day on Friday, powered by a rally among insurance stocks and defense players.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened the ruling Workers' Party's Ninth Congress, state-run media reported Friday, hailing major achievements over the past five years.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week since taking the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. He is trying to position the country to a world in which

Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered under heavy security at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, among them Palestinians who crossed into Israel from the occupied West Bank.

Trailing for most of the game, Hilary Knight scored late in the third period to tie the game and Megan Keller won it in overtime.

The arrest drew sharp condemnation from press freedom advocates, who described it as an attack on media independence and democratic norms.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched his country as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying it aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide.