The Hellas Aphrodite crew have been freed from armed Somali pirates who seized it the previous day.

The blockade, imposed by jihadists, has upended daily life in the landlocked nation.

Throughout the day, Russian forces shelled Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and attacked it with drones.

A temporary local ceasefire mediated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) came into effect on Friday near the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to allow repairs to the damaged Ferosplavna-1 power transmission line.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €100 million to Ukraine to support economic resilience and critical municipal heating infrastructure.

Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominees, while K-Pop breaks into the song of the year category.

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), together with the Internal Security Department of the National Police, have served a notice of suspicion to the head of one of Kyiv’s investigative police units, who stole 13 million hryvnias seized during an investigation and hid in a forest in Rivne region.

After drone sightings cause Zaventem airport near Brussels to close temporarily, Belgium turns to its European allies for help.

Authorities say a 17-year-old suspected of causing the explosion during Friday prayers is in surgery.

In an interview with Israeli TV, Rom Braslavski described how he was stripped naked and tied up by members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.