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Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should reconsider a one billion dollar loan to Pakistan, alleging Islamabad was "funding terror".

Russian and Ukrainian delegations will meet in Istanbul on Friday for their first talks in more than three years of war, with tens of thousands killed in Europe's worst conflict since World War II.

US President Donald Trump said Friday "a lot of people are starving" in the besieged Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported more than 50 deaths in Israeli air strikes since midnight.

Rustem Umerov, who heads Ukraine's delegation at peace talks with Russia on Friday, is a skilled and pragmatic negotiator, hailed by his colleagues as a worker of diplomatic "wonders".

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc will not return to the disrupted Indian Premier League, reports said Friday, while England's former white-ball captain Jos Buttler will leave before the playoffs.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group said Friday that it was "concerned" over the challenges to global trade, as ministers from APEC countries met in South Korea in the shadow of growing woes from US tariffs.

Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane are expected to beat Tanzanian rivals Simba in the two-leg CAF Confederation Cup final, but coach Mouin Chaabani wishes they were not the favourites.

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Basel, Switzerland, with the grand final on Saturday. Here is a snapshot of Eurovision in numbers:

Switzerland is hosting Eurovision for the third time, with the extravaganza a world away from when it staged the inaugural competition in 1956 -- and also from 1989 when Celine Dion starred.

An American-Lebanese man will be sentenced on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center.

With her followers watching on TikTok, Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Marquez revealed her fears of being kidnapped or killed. Soon afterwards, a gunman arrived and shot her dead.

Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv will be in Istanbul Friday for what could be their first direct meeting on the conflict in Ukraine since 2022, but the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves little hope for progress in ending the war.

There are not many fans of Donald Trump's dream to save Hollywood with tariffs among the dealmakers at the Cannes film festival -- even among those who voted for him.

Title-winners Paris Saint-Germain still have the Champions League final to look forward to later this month but the Ligue 1 season reaches its climax on Saturday with European places still up for grabs and a quartet of clubs scrapping to avoid relegation.

Kevin De Bruyne can add another honour to his haul as Manchester City's most decorated player of all time with a fitting farewell in Saturday's FA Cup final against Crystal Palace.

History beckons for Crystal Palace at Wembley in Saturday's FA Cup final as Manchester City have one final shot at avoiding a rare trophyless season under Pep Guardiola.

Napoli will have their first opportunity to win their fourth Serie A title on Sunday night when the league leaders travel to Parma with a slender lead over Inter Milan heading into the penultimate weekend of the season.

Borussia Dortmund can take the "final step" in their miraculous run to the Bundesliga top four with a big win at home against Holstein Kiel on Saturday.

Castres travel to Bordeaux-Begles in the French Top 14 on Saturday in their first game since the tragic death of Fijian Josaia Raisuqe.

Comedy act KAJ, the favourite to win Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden, has shone a spotlight on Finland's small Swedish-speaking minority, little-known outside the Nordic region, Finnish officials say.

Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband's meagre daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply residents of Afghanistan's increasingly parched capital.

Nikola Jokic scored 29 points and unheralded bench player Julian Strawther produced a crucial late burst of scoring as the Denver Nuggets scored a series-leveling 119-107 victory over the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday.

England's former white-ball captain Jos Buttler will leave the rescheduled Indian Premier League before the playoffs so he can be available for his country, likely to be the first of several early departures.

Markets limped into the weekend as investors consolidated gains fed by the China-US trade war hiatus, having enjoyed one of their best weeks since Donald Trump unloaded his "Liberation Day" tariff bazooka last month.

American R&B singer Chris Brown, the former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, is due to appear in a UK court on Friday after being arrested and charged over an alleged assault at a London nightclub in 2023, police said.

Mexico is seeking compensation from YouTube celebrity MrBeast's production company, accusing it of using images of the country's ancient archaeological sites to advertise a chocolate brand.

Take-Two Interactive on Thursday dialed back earnings expectations for the current fiscal year due to the delayed release of keenly anticipated video game "Grand Theft Auto VI".

Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese statesman, is breaking new auction records in Seoul, as the country's ultra-rich seek to bring historic artwork home.

US President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi that has seen the securing of multi-billion-dollar deals, a $1.4 trillion investment pledge from the UAE, as well as historic overtures to Syria and renewed optimism over an Iran nuclear deal.

Iran is set to hold talks with Britain, France and Germany in Turkey on Friday, after US President Donald Trump said a nuclear deal with Tehran was "getting close".

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has called for a boycott of May 25 gubernatorial and legislative elections, on Thursday vowed polling stations would be "empty" 10 months after President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection.

Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas birdied five of his last six holes, ending with a spectacular 27-foot birdie putt to seize a two-stroke lead after Thursday's opening round of the PGA Championship.