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President Trump said he should know where Hamas stands on his proposal for a ceasefire with Israel within a day.

Indonesian authorities deployed navy ships and helicopters Friday in the intensified search for 29 people still missing almost two days after a ferry sank near the tourist island of Bali. But the search was later suspended because of poor visibility.

The Air Force plans to use $400 million from the troubled Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to refurbish a gifted Qatari 747 jet as an Air Force One replacement, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told Congress.

An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South's military said Friday.

A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens of Friday, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey remained locked in a battle to contain flames tearing through forested hillsides in the west of the country.

A strike by French air traffic controllers seeking better working conditions brought chaos at the height of Europe's summer travel season after around 40% of flights to and from Paris were canceled on Friday.

The island nation, which sits on the Pacific's seismically hyperactive "Ring of Fire," has survived attempted Mongolian invasion, civil wars, atomic bombings and the (fictional) rampages of Godzilla.

China on Friday imposed anti-dumping duties on European brandy, most notably cognac produced in France, as trade tensions between Beijing and United States allies continue to rise.

A gas station explosion early Friday in southeastern Rome injured at least 25 people, including nine police officers and a firefighter, local authorities and rescuers said.

Dutch authorities said they have evidence of Russia attacking Ukraine with banned chemical weapons that can cut off breathing and even kill.