The attacks targeted command centers, air defenses, missiles and communication networks, while Iran reported strikes near the Darkhovin nuclear facility. Rising casualties and expanding operations have increased fears of a broader regional conflict.

US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday a tariff increase on Canada to cover the cost of smoke pollution from wildfires that have choked large parts of the United States.

Israel has reportedly reclassified Nile crocodiles as “tended” animals, potentially clearing the way for their use as part of prison security.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that it destroyed a depot housing US unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain, in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.

Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.

Indian climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has been hospitalized after his health deteriorated during the 21st day of his hunger strike

US President Donald Trump declassified intelligence on Thursday that he said showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security

Iran said it launched fresh attacks on US facilities in the Gulf on Friday after ​a sixth consecutive night of US strikes on Iranian military facilities, as last month's truce descended into daily attacks and counterattacks.

Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week.