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Global stocks finished mixed on Friday after President Donald Trump put US-China trade tensions back on the boil by claiming Beijing had "totally violated" an agreement with Washington.
Billionaire Elon Musk bade farewell to Donald Trump in an extraordinary Oval Office appearance Friday in which he sported a black eye, brushed aside drug abuse claims and vowed to stay a "friend and advisor" to the US president.
With an approval rating of just two percent, Peru's President Dina Boluarte may be one of the most unpopular politicians in the world. Yet, she has survived a string of scandals, protests and investigations.
Ten Colombian former soldiers were among the suspects arrested after an improvised landmine killed six Mexican troops in a drug cartel heartland this week, authorities said Friday.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro "never" discussed a coup following his election defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former minister and key ally told the far-right former president's criminal trial Friday.
France and China have found "points of convergence" on the environment, French minister for ecological transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Friday at the end of a visit to Beijing.
Elon Musk faced accusations Friday that he used so much ketamine on the 2024 campaign trail that he developed bladder problems, as the billionaire prepared to give a farewell press conference with Donald Trump.
Ukraine said Friday it did not expect any results from talks with Russia in Istanbul unless Moscow provided its peace terms in advance, accusing the Kremlin of doing "everything" it could to sabotage the potential meeting.
Stocks largely slid on Friday after President Donald Trump put US-China trade tensions back on the boil by claiming Beijing had "totally violated" an agreement with Washington.
The UN warned on Friday that the entire population of Gaza is at risk of famine, as Israel vowed to build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the occupied West Bank.
US President Donald Trump hosts a grand Oval Office farewell for Elon Musk on Friday as the world's richest man ends his turbulent reign as the government's cost cutter-in-chief.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged Europe and Asia to build a new alliance to hold off big powers seeking to build "spheres of coercion", in a swipe at China and Russia.
Germany is weighing plans for a 10 percent digital tax for internet giants such as Alphabet and Meta, a senior official said Friday, despite the risk of stoking further trade tensions with the United States.
Warsaw's pro-EU mayor and a nationalist historian held their last day of campaigning on Friday for Poland's presidency, with opinion polls predicting a close race in Sunday's vote, which will determine the direction of the key central European EU and NATO member.
The UN warned Friday that the entire population of Gaza was at risk of famine, as an Israeli far-right minister urged the use of "full force" against Hamas.
Stock markets and dollar trades diverged Friday as investors assessed the outlook for US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, which are under scrutiny by US courts.
South Koreans joined long queues on Friday to cast their ballots early in a snap election triggered by the former president's disastrous bid to declare martial law.
A leading face of Hong Kong's quashed democracy movement told reporters he would have to figure out "where the red lines are" following his release from prison on Friday, after more than four years behind bars.
European countries, aiming for deeper economic sanctions to push Russia into a ceasefire in Ukraine, struggle with US President Donald Trump's ambivalent attitude on the issue, analysts say.
Turkey on Friday proposed hosting a summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and the United States as it strives to broker an elusive deal to end Russia's three-year invasion -- an invitation swiftly dismissed by the Kremlin.
US President Donald Trump celebrated a temporary reprieve for his aggressive tariff strategy on Thursday, with an appeals court preserving his sweeping import duties on China and other trading partners -- for now.
An Israeli far-right minister said on Friday it was time to use "full force" in Gaza, after Hamas said a new US-backed truce proposal failed to meet its demands.
Turkey's foreign minister said Friday that both Russia and Ukraine wanted a ceasefire, as he visited Kyiv ahead of a potential second round of direct negotiations between the sides next week in Istanbul.
Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan's military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday dropped its civil lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its majority shareholder, Changpeng Zhao.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin hosted the widow of assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, the Kremlin said, five months after then US president-elect Donald Trump welcomed her at Mar-a-Lago.
Their village is just a stone's throw from North Korea. So whatever their political leanings, Tongilchon residents all want one thing: a South Korean president who doesn't stoke tensions with Pyongyang.
South Koreans lined up in record numbers to pick their president on Friday, joining lengthy queues to vote early in a poll triggered by the ex-leader's disastrous martial law declaration.
Asian shares fell Friday after a US appeal court gave Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs a temporary reprieve, fanning uncertainty a day after judges had ruled the controversial measures were unconstitutional.
Twenty people were arrested and three officers were injured in Bolivia Thursday after supporters of former president Evo Morales, who has been barred from running for office again, clashed with law enforcement, police said.
South Koreans queued in long lines in record numbers to choose their next president on Friday, the second day of early voting in a poll triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's disastrous martial law declaration.
A US federal appeals court has temporarily halted a ruling that found many of President Donald Trump's tariffs illegal, but the chance it could ultimately back the original decision looms over the White House.