Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He said he had no plans to step aside despite the “very tough” picture.

North Korea plans to deploy a new heavy artillery system capable of reaching Seoul along its border this year, state media reported Friday.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least five people Friday, while Hezbollah fired rockets on northern Israel without in inflicting any casualties. The Health Ministry in Lebanon said that an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Toura near the port city of Tyre killed four people and wounded eight.

European equity markets ended lower on Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on the EU.

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday. The ruby,

Pope Leo XIV has prayed for political leaders to end "fratricidal hatred" in the world. He spent Friday, the anniversary of his election, in Pompeii, marking a feast day important to him. Leo

The bodies have not yet been recovered because continued eruptions and dangerous conditions prevented rescue teams from reaching the location.

Judges ordered Parliament to convene a committee to consider removing President Cyril Ramaphosa over a case involving money stolen from a couch at his farm six years ago.