The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall on Tuesday in Gamo Zone of southern Ethiopia has risen to 70, with several others still missing, local authorities said Friday.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday reiterated support for Cuba in face of the US blockade that has been in place for more than six decades.

Rome's city council on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Serie A club Roma's plan to build a new stadium in the northeast of the Italian capital with a view to hosting Euro 2032 games.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Saturday.

A record initial state budget for fiscal 2026 was approved by Japan's lower house on Friday evening with the backing of the ruling coalition's supermajority, amid criticism that the bill was pressed ahead despite controversies surrounding its contents and unusually shortened deliberations.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that his administration does not propose and pursue any policy without coordination with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Drone attack hits US embassy in Baghdad: media

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Friday announced the restoration of diplomatic relations with the Central African Republic.Barrot made the announcement during a two-day trip to the country.

The US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian oil is intended to help stabilize global energy markets, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

The first vehicle model jointly developed by Volkswagen Group and Chinese EV maker XPeng rolled off the production line in China on Friday, the German carmaker said, in the latest sign of Volkswagen's push to deepen its presence in the Chinese market."The car was developed in China for China, with

The Global Governance Initiative (GGI) proposed by China has injected stability into a world rife with change and turbulence, international observers said Friday during a seminar held as part of the 13th Global Baku Forum.An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025 shows an exterior view of the

US President Donald Trump has rejected a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to move Iran's enriched uranium to Russia as part of a deal to end the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, a US news website reported Friday.

The United States will not allow shipping in the Strait of Hormuz "to be contested" by Iran, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.There is no clear evidence that Iran has placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, he said at a news briefing.He said the United States is planning for Iran's

The United States will not allow shipping in the Strait of Hormuz "to be contested" by Iran, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US military campaign in Iran will last "as long as necessary.

A fifth candidate has been nominated for the position of the next UN secretary-general, according to documents published on the website of the United Nations on Friday.