A total of 18 people have been injured after a bomb attack in the Philippines.
The incident took place at a small restaurant in the Sultan Kudarat province in Mindanao.
According to reports, the restaurant owner had previously received a letter from unidentified people trying to extort money from them.
Another possible motive, according to investigators was that it was a retaliation attack by a militant group.
US strikes Venezuela after Trump's threats against Maduro
The US has carried out strikes inside Venezuela, a US official said, as explosions rocked the capital Caracas following months of threats by President Donald Trump against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
Russian strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv kills two, injures 25
Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two people and injuring about 25 more, officials said.
Two dead as strong earthquake hits Mexico
A powerful earthquake shook southern Mexico on Friday morning, damaging roads and hospitals and briefly interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press conference of the new year.
US says it thwarted potential IS-inspired New Year's Eve attack
The US Justice Department said on Friday it thwarted an alleged plan by a North Carolina man to carry out an IS-inspired attack using knives and hammers on New Year’s Eve.
Swiss face painful task of identifying victims of deadly fire
Investigators on Friday set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the completion of the return of all UAE Armed Forces personnel from Yemen.
The Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The UAE has expressed full solidarity with Switzerland following a tragic fire in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana, which left several people dead and many others injured.
