Two brothers were each sentenced to 40 years in prison on Friday after admitting to the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in a stunning turnaround on the first day of their trial.

The presidency, traditionally occupied by a Kurd, is a largely ceremonial position, but the vote for Rashid was a key step toward forming a new government, which politicians have failed to do since the election.

Yordan Alvarez turning into Houston’s Mr. October. After hitting a walk-off homer to cap a comeback win for Houston in Game 1 on Tuesday, Alvarez hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning off Mariners ace Luis Castillo to help the Astros beat Seattle 4-2 on Thursday.

The Washington Commanders sneaked out of Soldier Field with a victory in what is on the verge of becoming a trend of ugly NFL games on Thursday night.

Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish-born actor who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 72, his agent said on Friday.

Russia on Friday made a surprising announcement that it is organizing the evacuation of pro-Moscow residents of Kherson in what is being viewed as a sign that the Kremlin is concerned about Ukraine’s continued gains along the southern front.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea and hundreds of artillery rounds near the border with the South on Friday, South Korea’s military said, the latest military activity by the nuclear-armed country amid heightened tensions.