A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, officials said, a rare bombing in Pakistan's capital as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country.

Repairs at key missile sites began soon after they were hit by Israeli and U.S. strikes last year, but work at Iran’s nuclear facilities has been slower.

Software stocks and the broader Nasdaq Composite rose more than 1% as dip-buyers rushed into the market after days of intense selling.

The investigation began when police uncovered a murder plot involving a corrections management employee who was targeted by mobsters, an official said.

World shares were mixed Friday after Wall Street extended losses driven by heavy selling of technology stocks. .The price of bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, appeared to have stabilized, rebounding from its biggest losses to trade about 7% lower at around $66,

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics

A convoy believed to be carrying American officials arrived Friday at the site of talks between Iran and the United States. Associated Press journalists saw the convoy drive into a palace on the outskirts of Muscat,

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds to each family of 21 coal miners killed in 1949.