UK lawmakers debated Friday whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill ...

Bangladesh's leading political parties have called for calm following widespread unrest in the country triggered by the killing of a lawyer during clashes between Hindu protesters and security forces.

Nvidia stock has been on a disappointing run since its earnings last week but the good vibes looked set to return in a holiday-shortened session Friday.

Japan's prime minister said Friday he will have "frank discussions" with US president-elect Donald Trump, saying that cooperation between them was vital to ensuring a "free and open Pacific".

Police in Georgia arrested dozens of people overnight and early Friday in a violent crackdown on protests against the government's decision to delay EU membership talks.

Stocks looked set to gain on Friday ahead of a shortened half day of trading on Black Friday. Futures for the Dow Jones ...

Iran on Friday called on the European Union to change its behaviour toward Tehran, after talks with a top EU diplomat in Geneva.

Romania's Simona Halep on Friday rounded on the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for discrepencies in the treatment of world number two Iga Swiatek after testing positive for a banned ...

Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies shelled Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, in a major offensive against ...

A Syrian government security official told AFP Friday that army reinforcements arrived in Aleppo as jihadists advanced towards the main northern city after launching a major offensive on northwestern ...

The Kremlin on Friday said it hoped its ally Syria will quickly "restore order" in Aleppo, where rebel jihadists launched a major offensive this week.

France's special envoy on Friday said it was urgent for Lebanon to elect a president, after a parliamentary vote to end over two years without a head of state was announced for January.