As night fell on Thursday, Orthodox Jewish worshippers emerged from packed synagogues in the city after a day of prayers and fasting to learn about the attack which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said in his first public address since the unrest started that his government was willing to "engage in dialogue".

Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats showed armed Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarding the ships, while passengers huddled in life vests with their hands up.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect a new head on Saturday, who will most likely become the next prime minister after Shigeru Ishiba decided to step down.

Police shot tear gas at protesters in the center of the capital Antananarivo, where some 10,000 clashed Tuesday with police, although life had mostly returned to normal in the rest of the city by later that afternoon, according to AFP journalists on the ground.

The Israeli navy intercepted the flotilla on Wednesday after warning it against entering waters it says fall under its blockade, with Thunberg's ship among those stopped from going further.

US airlines have warned that a partial federal government shutdown at midnight could strain American aviation and slow flights, as air traffic controllers and security officers would be forced to work without pay and other functions would be halted.

Injured children cried and adults screamed while receiving treatment on beds laid out beneath blue tents on the driveway of the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo.

Establishing relationships with Israel can only be done after it recognizes the independence of the State of Palestine, said the Foreign Ministry after President Prabowo Subianto appeared in a campaign to push United States President Donald Trump’s peace plan in Gaza.

In recent weeks, reports of Blair's involvement raised eyebrows among advocates due to the history of British imperialism in the region and in particular Blair's involvement in the invasion of Iraq that was premised on claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which were proven false.

While seeking to pressure EU countries to make a decision, von der Leyen acknowledged the need for pragmatism given divisions between member countries over the goals.

The online video platform, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is the latest Big Tech firm to settle with Trump after he lodged legal cases challenging his broad deplatforming after January 6.

Indonesia has offered troops as part of a future Gaza force, while Pakistan has been eager to woo Trump and improve its relationship with Washington.

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will require its employees to take at least one month's paternity leave in principle from October to encourage participation in childcare and improve the working environment.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which consists of five individuals appointed by the Norwegian parliament. Members are often retired politicians, but not always. The current committee is led by the head of the Norwegian branch of PEN International, a group defending freedom of expression. Another member is an academic.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has detected traces of radioactive contamination in cloves imported from Indonesia, marking the second such discovery in Indonesian food products shipped to the US in less than two months.

Indonesian gymnast Naufal Takdir Al Bari passed away on Thursday after being treated for 12 days because of a neck injury in Russia. 

The Indonesian Air Force will receive its first batch of three Dassault Rafale jet fighters in February or March 2026, which will be deployed at the 12th Squadron "Black Panther" at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base in Pekanbaru.

Organisers said on Sunday that Greek vessels had now joined their enterprise, meaning that the flotilla, which counts some 47 civilian boats, was "complete". 

A high-ranking Chinese government official has warned Japan's business community against spying in China, following the espionage conviction of an employee of a Japanese company, diplomatic sources said Friday.

The protests erupted on Sept. 20 following reforms to the country's pension system that required all Peruvians above the age of 18 to join a pension provider, but were also fueled by longstanding anger against Boluarte and Congress.

Attempts to delay the return of all sanctions on Iran failed on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN this week.

The typhoon, which was packing wind speeds of up to 133 kilometer per hour as of 2 a.m. GMT, is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam late on Sunday, earlier than previous forecasts as it was travelling fast.

For the research in the leading medical journal BMJ, 78 humanitarian healthcare workers mostly from Europe and North America answered survey questions describing the severity, location and cause of the wounds they saw during their stints in the Gaza Strip.

The US said on Friday it would revoke Petro's visa after he took to New York's streets on Friday to join a pro-Palestinian demonstration and urged US soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders.

Bualoi battered small islands in the center of the Philippines on Friday, toppling trees and power pylons, ripping roofs off homes, unleashing floods and forcing 400,000 people to evacuate.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned US generals and admirals from around the world to a meeting in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, a rare gathering of the country's military leadership in one location.