Palestinian men under the age of 50 will not be permitted into the al-Aqsa mosque compound for Friday prayers in Jerusalem as Israeli security plan to clampdown on the area following unrest the previous night, a police spokesman said.

President Donald Trump on Thursday presented the Medal of Valor and Public Service to five police officers who saved the lives of some 20 Republican lawmakers and staffers at a Virginia baseball diamond in June and praised the country's security forces.

English pop superstar Ed Sheeran has been nominated for his first Mercury Prize for his latest album "Divide," award organizers announced Thursday.

The United States' economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday in its first provisional estimate.

London, Jul 27 (efe-epa). - Watford have signed a new two-year contract extension with goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, the club announced on its official website on Thursday.

A new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to launch Friday from Baikonur Cosmodrome's Pad 1, where the first manned space flight began 56 years ago with lift-off of the capsule carrying Russia's Yuri Gagarin.