The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday announced that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

After a week of intense political turmoil, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to appoint a new prime minister on Friday in his latest bid to break the political deadlock that has gripped the country for more than a year, as France struggles with mounting economic challenges and ballooning debt.

Russian airstrikes injured at least nine people, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across parts of the Ukrainian capital early Friday, authorities said.

Peru's Congress voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

 Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Friday pledged to accelerate the building of a “T-Dome” air defence system in the face of the threat from China.

Hon’ble Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council, Basavaraj Horatti, and Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, U. T. Khader, met the Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia “Ma” Amor Mottley, SC, MP, during their official visit to Barbados to attend the International Speakers’ Conference.

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organisations and private sector players, US officials said Thursday.

An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, and a hazardous tsunami was possible nearby.