Russia said on Friday the new US missile defence strategy would unleash a dangerous arms race in space and amounts to a relaunch of the Cold War-era "Star Wars" programme.
A top North Korean nuclear envoy began a new round of talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and could also meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday during a visit aimed at clearing the way for a second US-North Korea summit.
A Singaporean woman was found guilty on Friday for abusing her Myanmar origin maid, including forcing her to pour hot water on herself and to drink water laced with floor cleaner.
Tesla Inc on Friday said it was cutting several thousands of jobs, as the electric car maker looks to trim costs to be consistently profitable while it ramps up the production of its crucial Model 3 sedan.
US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to appoint prominent Indian-American financial expert Prem Parameswaran to a key presidential advisory committee, the White House has said.
Two Russian Su-34 fighter jets collided on Friday over the Sea of Japan during a training flight, with both crews managing to eject, the defence ministry said.
A District of Columbia restaurant will pay $7,000 as part of a settlement after an employee tried to stop a transgender woman from using a women's restroom last summer, D.C.'s attorney general said this week.
Three current and former Chicago police officers were acquitted on Thursday of conspiring to protect a colleague by lying about the circumstances around the fatal police shooting of a black teen.
Pakistan's new chief justice was sworn in Friday, pledging reform of a Supreme Court whose controversial decisions include ousting a prime minister and freeing a Christian accused of blasphemy.
A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world's first artificial meteor shower blasted into space on friday, Japanese scientists said.
China's internet is heavily censored by the Communist Party authorities, but it nonetheless has an abundance of bloggers and vloggers. As well as the usual beauty reviewers and aspiring comedians, live streaming can bring about unlikely stars.
Australia police on Friday arrested a man in relation to the murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, some two days after her body was found in Melbourne.
Some time after Jeffrey Bigham and his family checked into an Airbnb just before the new year, he spotted something that was not in the rental's online listing. Staring back at him, above the TV, where the walls met the ceiling, was a camera, and it wasn't the only one
An enormous great white shark -- believed to be one of the biggest on record -- has been spotted off the coast of Hawaii by divers who took a swim with the predator
