French presidential frontrunner, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron, has been the victim of a "massive and coordinated hacking operation", after files purporting to be from the campaign were posted online via social media, reports said. ....

The White House has fired chief usher Angella Reid, the first woman and second African-American to hold the position, the media reported. ....

North Korea condemned the US test launch of an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, media reports said. ....

US payroll employment gains expanded at a faster pace in April, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 per cent, the lowest in a decade, media reports said. ....

At least nine people were killed and dozens injured when Afghan border forces fired at a census team in Pakistan's Balochistan on Friday -- a day after the Afghan President turned down invitations to visit Islamabad. ....

At least three Pakistani civilians were killed and 17 others injured as Afghan border forces opened fire on security personnel guarding a census team in Balochistan on Friday, police said. ....

US President Donald Trump met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turbull and praised the country's universal healthcare system, just moments after a Republican health care bill was passed to repeal and replace Obamacare, the media reported. ....

Prince Philip, 95-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from his royal duties and stop carrying out public engagements later this year, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. ....

Days after a commentary in a daily indicated that China could meddle in the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, Beijing on Thursday denied it would do so, saying it was a bilateral dispute. ....

At least 30 miners were injured in an explosion at a coal mine in northeastern Iran and up to 80 others remained trapped underground, officials said. ....