A senior Russian military official was shot in Moscow early Friday and has been hospitalized, authorities said.

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

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law

Critics say the new measures, which allow for suspects to be preventively detained, further erode civil liberties in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he views the performance of the air force in some parts of the country as “unsatisfactory” and that steps are being taken to improve the response to large-scale Russian drone barrages of civilian areas.

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,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the return of 157 Ukrainians, resulting from trilateral peace talks in the UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi.

The U.S. military said it killed two people in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday.