Jordan will host on June 11 an emergency international conference to work on the humanitarian response to Israel's war in Gaza, in coordination with Egypt and the United Nations, the Jordanian royal court posted on X on Friday.

Russian missiles hit three sites in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing at least three people and wounded 16, local officials said early on Friday.Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attacks on the city's Novobazarskyi district, used the "double tap" technique that has occurred recently, delivering a second strike soon after an initial attack on a given site.Syniehubov further said at least two children were among those injured in the attack, which occurred at about midnight local time. He warned that residents could be trapped underneath rubble left by the strike.Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians.

Launches crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory and fell in western Galilee on Friday morning, according to Israeli media reports. No sirens sounded following the launch detection.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party had 42.85% of the vote share in Wednesday's general election according results from half of the total polling stations reporting, the electoral commission said on Friday.The pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA) party came second with 23.32%, while former President Jacob Zuma backed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party came third with 10.35%. The radical left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) came fourth with 9.56%.