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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday announced an inquiry into the killings that occurred during the election that returned her to power, and called for leniency for some protesters charged with treason.

Former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker failed a drugs test on October 25, the day of his shock loss to Fabio Wardley in London, his promoter announced Friday.

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to probe alleged atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher and to seek to identify perpetrators so they can be brought to justice.

India's Jasprit Bumrah said his five-wicket haul on Friday in the first Test against South Africa was the product of consistency rather than sorcery.

Former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker failed a drug test on October 25, the day before his bout against Fabio Wardley in London, his promoter announced Friday.

Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the UN COP30 climate summit Friday in the Brazilian city of Belem, in a peaceful demonstration.

Japan beat fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana 2-0 in a home friendly on Friday to build momentum with just over half a year to go before next year's tournament.

Serbia's diplomatic balancing act has left it teetering on the brink of a winter energy crisis, analysts warn, as US sanctions on its only oil refinery, the EU's phaseout of Russian energy, and Moscow's gas supply hardball hit home.

Thousands of doctors in England began a five-day strike on Friday over pay and training posts, the 13th walkout by medics since March 2023.

Global stock markets sank Friday as doubts built over next month's US Federal Reserve interest rate decision and persistent speculation about a tech bubble.

Santiago Carreras has been dropped to the bench for Argentina's match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday, with coach Felipe Contepomi making five changes to the starting XV that overwhelmed Wales last weekend.

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah claimed a five-wicket haul as India bowled out South Africa for 159 to take the opening day honours in the first cricket Test on Friday.

For three months, Thai retiree Somkid Kijniyom has been sleeping in a small boat surviving on dry food handouts in the waist-high floodwaters that have filled his home.

A gunman on a motorbike has shot dead the 20-year-old youngest brother of a prominent anti-drug activist in the southern French city of Marseille in a possible warning over his campaigning, a prosecutor said on Friday.

Martin O'Neill remains in the dark over whether he will be in charge for Celtic's next match against St Mirren following reports the Hoops have stepped up their search for a new permanent manager.

A British court ruled Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of pounds in compensation.

Russia struck apartment blocks across the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, killing at least four people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed as a "heinous attack" that deliberately targeted civilians.

The German parliament's budget committee has approved revised 2026 spending plans that include even higher debts than originally thought, lawmakers said Friday, as the government gears up for an investment splurge.

The world's first "Dragon Ball" store opened in Tokyo on Friday, celebrating more than 40 years of the globally beloved Japanese manga, anime and video franchise.

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah claimed a five-wicket haul as India bowled out South Africa for 159 on day one of the first cricket Test on Friday.

Taiwanese star Chen Bolin and 11 others were charged Friday as part of an investigation into military draft dodgers.

Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley shared in a 182-run opening stand Friday and Ben Stokes hit 84, but Joe Root and Harry Brook flopped in England's only warm-up game before the Ashes series against Australia.

The world of sumo could be rocked this month if Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presents a trophy in the ring, where women have traditionally been banned.

Swiss luxury group Richemont, owner of Cartier and other iconic luxury brands, on Friday reported sales ahead of analysts' forecasts notably thanks to strength in its jewellery division.

Markets sank Friday, tracking a selloff on Wall Street as doubts built over next month's Federal Reserve interest rate decision and persistent speculation about a tech bubble.

More than 500 economists and other leading experts, including a Nobel laureate and a former United States treasury secretary, on Friday urged G20 leaders to establish an international panel to tackle extreme wealth disparities.

A Russian attack overnight, mostly targeting the capital Kyiv, killed four people and damaged buildings across the city, Ukrainian authorities said Friday.

India has vowed to bring to justice the "perpetrators, their collaborators, and their sponsors" behind the deadliest explosion in the nation's capital for more than a decade.

In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet Scandinavia.

Ecuadorans will vote Sunday on whether to allow the return of foreign military bases and the drafting of a new constitution that could give the country's Trump-friendly president more power.

Isabella Dalla Ragione hunts in abandoned gardens and orchards for forgotten fruits, preserving Italy's agricultural heritage and saving varieties which could help farmers withstand the vagaries of a changing climate.

A swarm of AI "crawlers" is running rampant on the internet, scouring billions of websites for data to feed algorithms at leading tech companies -- all without permission or payment, upending the online economy.