Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a class action by women who said the bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking operation, while still denying wrongdoing and awaiting a federal judge's approval.
Beirut's airport stayed open on Friday even as Israeli strikes hit nearby southern suburbs, leaving Lebanon's only international passenger hub running on reduced traffic, U.S.-backed coordination and a calculation by all sides that shutting it would deepen the crisis.[1][2]
President Trump referenced Japan's 1941 Pearl Harbor attack while explaining to PM Takaichi on Thursday why the US did not inform allies before striking Iran, drawing wide reaction in Tokyo and complicating Hormuz coalition talks.
Kim Jong Un used Wang Yi’s visit to endorse Beijing’s call for a more multipolar world, back the one-China principle and signal that North Korea wants deeper strategic coordination with China as regional diplomacy shifts ahead of a Trump-Xi meeting.[1][2]
Dutch prosecutors have recovered Romania's 2,500-year-old Coțofenești gold helmet and two bracelets stolen in the 2025 Drents Museum heist, reviving questions about museum security, restitution, insurance and the still-missing third bracelet.[1][2]
A senior U.S. delegation quietly traveled to Havana last week for talks on political prisoners, economic changes and possible Starlink access, even as President Donald Trump kept up threats and sanctions against Cuba.[1][2]
