Pope Leo XIV held a mass Friday in Douala, Cameroon in a stadium with an estimated 120,000 people, marking Catholicism's growth in Africa.

Australia's most decorated living veteran Ben Roberts-Smith was released on bail after being charged with war crime murder over killings in Afghanistan.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign over the vetting process for his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. Mandelson was later sacked over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Members of Iran's Jewish community commemorated Iran's late supreme leader on Thursday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on his residence on Feb. 28, the day the United States and Israel started a war against Iran.

The Metropolitan Police said that the building had not been attacked but that they were assessing “discarded items” in Kensington Gardens, a nearby park, which was cordoned off.

Asian stocks were lower Friday even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched for signs of more U.S.-Iran talks and an extension of the ceasefire of the Iran war that is expiring next week.

India’s lower house of Parliament has failed to pass a bill to implement reservation of a third of seats for women lawmakers

European Commission officials arrived in Budapest for talks with Péter Magyar, who will take office as Hungary's new prime minister in early May.