The US Department of Education said on Thursday it opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Pennsylvania, alleging the school made inaccurate and untimely foreign financial disclosures in the past.

The Chinese embassy in Nepal has advised Chinese citizens to avoid areas along the Nepal-India border, it said in a statement posted on its social media account.Nepal and India have an open border. Chinese citizens should avoid mistakenly entering India without a valid visa, the embassy said, adding that both India and Nepal have stepped up security efforts along their border amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan.

Britain on Friday announced a package of sanctions aimed at Russia, including placing asset freezes on several directors of oil trading company Coral Energy Group, which is now known as 2Rivers Group.

A terror cell that was responsible for wounding an Israeli civilian by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at them in the West Bank was arrested, the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and Israel Police announced Friday.Over the past week, 55 suspects were detained and 10 weapons were confiscated in the West Bank.On Monday, one terrorist was killed and another was arrested; the latter admitted to a stone-throwing attack.Based on new intelligence, three more terrorists were arrested on Tuesday for an attack near Efrat two weeks ago that injured an Israeli civilian.