Russia's aviation chief said Friday that an Azerbaijani Airlines plane that eventually crashed in Kazakhstan tried to land in the Chechen city of Grozny as it was being attacked by Ukrainian drones.

A Guinean opposition leader has been arrested and taken into custody for allegedly "insulting" the head of the military government in power since 2021, his lawyer and party told AFP on Friday.

The Israeli military reported launching an operation on Friday targeting Hamas militants near one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals, while Hamas accused it of storming the facility.

An Italian journalist has been arrested by police in Iran, the country's foreign ministry announced in a statement on Friday.

French skier Cyprien Sarrazin is "conscious" after being airlifted to hospital following a nasty crash Friday during training for a World Cup downhill race in Bormio, Italy.

Estonia has begun naval patrols to protect a cable supplying electricity from Finland following suspected sabotage of another one on Christmas Day, Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said Friday.

An Israeli hospital reported that a woman in her eighties was killed after being stabbed in the coastal city of Herzliya on Friday, while police stated that the suspected attacker had been arrested.

Yemen's Iran-backed Huthis on Friday said they fired a missile at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, a day after Israeli raids pounded Sanaa's international airport and other targets in rebel areas.

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