Somalia reacted angrily Friday after Israel formally recognised its northern region of Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state" -- the first country country to do so.

French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital's end-of-year ...

Wall Street stocks edged down from records on Friday amid holiday-thinned trading while precious metals extended their ...

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Friday of abusing his power to plunder millions from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and launder the proceeds.

An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after the last recorded sighting, ...

A rampant England tore through the Australian batting to dismiss the hosts for just 152 on day one of the fourth Ashes Test Friday in a huge confidence boost for ...

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to ...