Canada captain Sidney Crosby appeared to injure his right knee in the second period of the quarterfinal against Czechia on Wednesday.

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

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.

South Korea's Kospi touched a record high for the second straight day on Friday, powered by a rally among insurance stocks and defense players.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened the ruling Workers' Party's Ninth Congress, state-run media reported Friday, hailing major achievements over the past five years.

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered under heavy security at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, among them Palestinians who crossed into Israel from the occupied West Bank.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week since taking the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. He is trying to position the country to a world in which