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The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the ​state of Virginia over ‌what it described as the state's "unconstitutional attempt to regulate" federal agents ​by banning masks for law ​enforcement.

The defence chief of the Philippines said on Friday he would continue to do his duty in the face of "wickedness" committed ​by China, a day after he was sanctioned by Beijing for what ‌it described as repeated "erroneous remarks".

Norway has pledged more than €9 million to support repairs and safety upgrades at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant site in northern Ukraine.

President Donald Trump claimed that the United States had “ended the war” with Iran today, after asserting earlier that the two sides had agreed to a “very strong memorandum of understanding” to stop the fighting.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it has foiled a planned attack targeting a Russian Defense Ministry officer and detained a foreign national allegedly recruited by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU).

India urged the United States to halt strikes on shipping on Thursday after three U.S. attacks on ‌Indian-crewed tankers this week, including one that killed three sailors.

A U.S. judge on Thursday allowed an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail just days before his trial on charges linked to a ​deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out ‌by Iran-backed militants in 2024.

Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, on Thursday passed a new immigration law in its final reading, introducing significantly stricter immigration controls and revising the rules governing the entry and residence of third-country nationals.

Two explosions were heard early Friday off the coast of Sirik County in southern Iran's Hormozgan province

Police reported that each of the three individuals was fined NOK 8,000 (€730) for an incident that occurred in Grense Jakobselv, along the northernmost part of the 198-kilometre land border between Norway and Russia.