Saudi Arabia has announced the destruction of an Iranian-backed Houthi missile en route to Najran

Russia's health ministry says the country's record for daily coronary deaths has been broken by 828 people on Friday, according to official figures. According to official statistics, the death toll from Corona in Russia has exceeded 202,000

The Prime Minister of Canada said that China has released two Canadian citizens who had been detained for three years on "espionage charges" and that the two will arrive in Canada on Saturday. China released the two Canadians hours after a Canadian court overturned the extradition of Huawei's chief financial officer to the United States.

"We do not know exactly what Iranian officials mean by too soon," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in response to remarks by the Iranian foreign minister that Tehran would return to talks on reviving the UN Security Council "very soon."

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told a news conference that the United States had "all the necessary authority" to carry out air strikes in Afghanistan to counter terrorism.

The US House of Representatives, with 218 votes in favor and 211 against, approved the Democrats' plan to protect abortion services. The bill comes in response to Republican-controlled states banning abortions and is being considered in the Senate "in the very near future," according to the Senate Democratic leader.