Italy faced a general strike on Friday, although the impact on transport was due to be limited by a government order requiring providers to ensure a basic service.

Two Baltic Sea telecommunications cables that were severed in Swedish territorial waters have been repaired, their operators said on Friday, amid a probe into a Chinese ship in the area.

Japan's unpopular minority government approved on Friday an extra budget to help pay for a massive stimulus package after the ruling party's worst election result in 15 years.

Singapore hanged a 35-year-old Singaporean-Iranian man for drug trafficking on Friday, its fourth in less than a month, despite appeals from Tehran to "reconsider" his execution.

South Korea's military said Friday it scrambled fighter jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defence zone, an area wider than the country's airspace.

France has asked Indonesia to transfer a French death row convict, who has been jailed for drug crimes in the Asian nation since 2005, a senior Indonesian minister told AFP on Friday.

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is hoping that incoming US leader Donald Trump will support his political comeback in 2026 elections, according to an interview published Thursday, despite facing ...

A crane collapsed at a construction site just outside Thailand's capital on Friday, killing three workers and injuring ten others, police said.

Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for military discussions, Russia's defence ministry said, following a strategic partnership treaty signed in June between the ...

The strengthening of the U.S. dollar since the presidential election signals investors' trust that President-elect Donald ...

Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are rising as the stock market opens for limited trading on Black Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are rising as the stock market opens for limited trading on Black Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday.