U.S. President Donald Trump planned a fiery speech at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota Friday night, including denunciations of protesters he says are trying to "tear down" the nation's history.
A Turkish court has convicted Amnesty International's former Turkey chairman, Taner Kilic, of membership in a terror organization and sentenced him to more than six years in prison. The court also convicted three other activists in a trial that heightened concerns about Turkey's treatment of human rights advocates.
Amid new pressure sparked by a national movement to correct racial wrongdoings, the Cleveland Indians said they will review their long-debated nickname.
Pub staff chatted about physical distancing and other measures being taken to protect patrons moving forward.
The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays cancelled, beaches and bars closed and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test that could determine the trajectory of the surging coronavirus outbreak.
Claims of responsibility for a fire at an Iranian underground nuclear site are deepening the mystery around the blaze — even as Tehran insisted it knew the cause but would not make it public due to "security reasons."
Police released photos Friday showing three officers smiling as they reenacted a chokehold that their colleagues used on Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after police stopped him as he walked down the street last summer in a Denver suburb.
A newly released audio recording suggests Iran's highest authorities allowed commercial airliners to fly in and out of Tehran during the period of intense military activity when Flight 752 was shot down — because closing the airspace would have given away the regime's plan to strike U.S. military bases in Iraq.
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong as part of a package of responses to the new security law China has imposed on the territory.
The Washington Redskins are undergoing a "thorough review" of their name. The team said Friday it has been talking to the NFL for weeks about the subject. In a statement, the team said recent events around the U.S. and feedback from the community prompted the formal review.
Like millions of other Britons, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be able to get a haircut and a beer on Saturday, when the country takes its biggest step yet out of lockdown with the reopening in England of restaurants, pubs and hairdressers, along with secular and sacred venues including cinemas and churches.
U.S. authorities have not made an official approach to the United Kingdom government for permission to speak to Prince Andrew about his contacts with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.
After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning they could run out of beds, U.S. President Donald Trump's White House sought to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the U.S. economy moving again.
A Turkish court put 20 Saudi officials on trial in absentia on Friday for the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which sparked international outrage and tarnished the image of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler.
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has left the city for an undisclosed location, he revealed on his Facebook page shortly after testifying to a U.S. congressional hearing about a tough national security law China had imposed on the semi-autonomous territory
Mary Goldman says she was shocked when the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed that her brother wouldn't be allowed in the country because he does not fall under any of the categories for a family exemption, even though their mother is Canadian.
