France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago.
Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that no US troops are left in the country, including in advisory roles, as Baghdad moves to bring all weapons under state control by next June.
The UK government has urged citizens to keep at least three days’ worth of essential supplies at home to prepare for emergencies such as cyberattacks, internet outages, extreme heat, droughts and wildfires. To promote preparedness, the government has launched a public awareness campaign called “Be Ready”.
Fears of fresh conflict in the Middle East and disrupted fuel supplies have pushed crude oil prices to their highest level in five months.
Russia is ready to resume three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States, but on the security parameters of a final peace deal and not a "short" ceasefire, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
At least 16 people have been killed by a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake in Tibet, an autonomous region of China. Dozens more were injured. The quake struck a high mountainous area on Thursday night, according to the state news agency Xinhua, citing local authorities.