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San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) arrested a 20-year-old man after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman early on Friday morning. Police in the United States said the suspect targeted the property at about 4 a.m. local time (11:00 GMT), allegedly throwing an improvised incendiary device that ignited part of an exterior gate before fleeing the scene on foot. Authorities did not publicly identify the suspect or confirm the address where the attack took place.

Water resources in Central Asia are rapidly diminishing, posing a serious threat to the region's economic and ecological stability. Factors such as glacier melt, changing precipitation patterns, and water shortages during irrigation seasons are exacerbating the situation. In these conditions, not only water volumes but also the ability of countries to reconcile interests, exchange data, and adapt to climate change are of critical importance.

Former Vice President and 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has hinted at a possible return to the presidential campaign trail for the 2028 election, following her defeat by Donald Trump. Speaking at the National Action Network's annual convention alongside civil rights leader Al Sharpton, Harris avoided a firm commitment but stated, "Listen, I might, I might. I'm thinking about it," in response to Sharpton's direct question about her future plans.

The African AIDS charity Sentebale, cofounded by the United Kingdom's Prince Harry approximately two decades ago in honor of his late mother Princess Diana, has filed a defamation lawsuit against him and former trustee Mark Dyer in the High Court of England and Wales. In a statement issued on Friday, the charity stated it seeks "the court’s intervention, protection and restitution following a coordinated adverse media campaign conducted since 25 March 2025 that has caused operational disruption and reputational harm to the charity, its leadership and its strategic partners."

A 61-year-old Swedish man has gone on trial, accused of coercing his wife into providing sexual services to more than 120 men. Prosecutors allege that he used the remoteness of their farm near Kramfors in northern Sweden, along with surveillance cameras and drugs, to force her into sexual acts with men he had found online.

South Korean authorities have intensified the search for a runaway wolf named Neukgu, which has been on the loose for three days after escaping from the Daejeon O-World zoo and theme park in the central city of Daejeon. Officials reported that the two-year-old male wolf burrowed under a fence and fled on Wednesday.

Gunmen targeted civilians at a recreational area in the Enjil district of Herat province, western Afghanistan, on Friday, resulting in multiple fatalities. Officials and a local doctor reported that unidentified armed individuals on motorcycles opened fire near the village of Deh Mehri, a site typically crowded on Fridays for picnics. Ahmadullah Muttaqi, the provincial head of information and culture for the Taliban government in Herat, stated that the incident occurred around 15:00 local time and that security forces had arrested one suspect in connection with the attack.

In eastern France, a 43-year-old father has been charged with keeping his nine-year-old son locked in a van for more than a year, since November 2024. The boy was discovered on Monday after neighbors in the town of Hagenbach, Alsace, reported hearing "sounds of a child" emanating from the van, which was parked in the common area of an apartment block.

The Ngogo chimpanzee community in Uganda's Kibale National Park, known as the world's largest wild group, has split into two factions and been locked in a vicious 'civil war' for the past eight years. Researchers report that since 2018, there have been 24 recorded killings, including 17 infants, though the actual death toll is believed to be higher. The intensity and duration of this violence may provide insights into how early human conflict developed, according to a study published in the journal Science.

The United States delegation has departed for ceasefire negotiations with Iran scheduled for Saturday in Islamabad, Pakistan, but new tensions emerged on Friday between top US and Iranian officials, casting further doubt on the already fragile diplomatic process. The talks, aimed at halting the US-Israel war with Iran, are shrouded in deep distrust, with both sides offering conflicting accounts of the terms agreed upon earlier this week.

Expectations for the upcoming talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan are understandably modest, with even a risk that the meeting may not take place at all. Paradoxically, however, the failure of the talks could still shift the situation in a positive direction. The true measure of the ceasefire's success may not lie in achieving a lasting accord with Iran, but in what it prevents: even without a durable deal, Washington may have found a way to avoid plunging back into a futile war.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Israel's approval of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, stating that the decision violates international law. In a statement on Friday, the OIC's general secretariat asserted that Israel, as the occupying power, has no sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and that all its measures aimed at altering the geographic and demographic reality there are null and void under international law.