The visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Havana opened a new political chapter inside and outside Cuba, with the U.S. issuing a set of demands.

An Israeli strike in Gaza city Friday targeted Hamas militant leader Izz-al-Din al-Haddad, Israel said. Neither side has confirmed his death.

Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire for 45 days to allow for more talks, the US State Department said on Friday, as the Trump administration tries to tamp down a conflict that’s made ending the war against Iran more difficult.

On May 15, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province. In previous outbreaks,

British Prime Minister ​Keir Starmer ‌is expected to approve ​an ​increase of 18 ⁠billion pounds ($23.97 ​billion) in ​defence spending as he faces ​a ​battle for political survival, ‌The ⁠Times reported on Friday.

After final tallies, Peruvian right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez will compete in a presidential runoff June 7.

A Russian airstrike on a Kyiv apartment complex that killed at least 24 people and a Ukrainian strike on residential buildings and an oil refinery in Ryazan, Russia, suggested no end is in sight to the war.

Norway's foreign ministry confirms it has revoked export licenses for a naval missile system to Malaysia, restricting sales of sensitive defense technologies to allies and close partners.