At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat.

The Canadians will play the winner of a later semifinals between USA and Switzerland for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday.

European stocks were higher on Friday as traders parsed more earnings reports and monitored tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Norway is relocating some of the around 60 soldiers it has in the Middle East to Norway as well as to other countries in the region on security grounds, a spokesperson for the Norwegian armed forces said on Friday.

Treasuries ticked higher in choppy trading, ending a two-day selloff, amid heightened geopolitical tensions and ongoing concerns about the outlook for inflation.

Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, the species made a comeback Friday, when dozens of juvenile hybrids were released to begin restoring the island’s depleted ecosystem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a fresh warning to Iran not to attack his country or risk receiving a "response that they cannot even imagine."

As the U.S. and China battle to dominate artificial intelligence, India has attempted to highlight that there are other pathways to navigate the silicon surge.