Fresh tensions between the United States and Iran intensified after dramatic videos circulating on social media claimed to show a strike on an alleged Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Tehran. The footage appears to capture a building engulfed in flames with thick smoke rising into the sky.
Asia-Pacific markets ended broadly lower on Friday as another wave of selling in technology stocks dampened investor sentiment, reversing much of the optimism seen after the previous session's rebound.
