Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi formally dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday, triggering a snap general election scheduled for Feb. 8.

A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square military crackdown on democracy protesters said Friday that her group's demand for “ending one-party rule" was a call for democratization,

Three people were killed and another injured after a shooting Thursday in a town in Australia’s New South Wales, an attack domestic media is reporting isn’t suspected to be terrorism related.

Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have rarely met directly in the past, instead relying on Americans to mediate, and it was unclear how the talks would play out.

The Trump administration said Thursday it’s restructuring, revising or eliminating about $83 billion in financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Joe Biden.

Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north

The European Union is willing to implement a sweeping free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis, the head of the EU's executive commission said Friday,