US President Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron exchanged fire over the future of NATO on Tuesday, as the French leader attacked Turkey and demanded the alliance rethink its strategy.
Japan's parliament approved a trade deal with the United States on Wednesday that cuts tariffs on farm and industrial goods, clearing the way for its entry into force at the beginning of next year.
North Korea said on Wednesday it will convene a key meeting of the ruling Workers' Party later this month to decide on "crucial issues," raising speculation that a major policy change could be forthcoming, possibly with regard to nuclear negotiations with the United States.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un celebrated the completion of a newly-built urban township near the birthplace of his late father, state media reported on Tuesday, in a visit that could suggest a major policy announcement is forthcoming.
NATO leaders gather on Tuesday for a summit to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary but with leaders feuding and name-calling over money and strategy, the mood is far from festive.
Typhoon Kammuri on Tuesday lashed the Philippines with fierce winds and heavy rain, as hundreds of thousands took refuge in shelters and the capital Manila prepared to shut down its international airport over safety concerns.
The United States on Monday threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on US$2.4 billion in French goods in retaliation for a digital services tax it says is discriminatory.
A NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India's Vikram lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September, the US space agency said on Monday.
Two days of clashes between government forces and armed groups in Syria's last major opposition bastion have killed nearly 70 on both sides, undermining a months-long ceasefire agreement, a war monitor said on Sunday.
Fourteen people were killed in an attack on Sunday on a church in eastern Burkina Faso where places of worship have suffered a string of Islamist assaults this year, the regional government said.
The US Supreme Court will address gun control on Monday for the first time in nearly 10 years with a majority of justices seen as supporting the rights of people who own firearms.
Global talks tasked with neutralising the threat of global warming get underway in Madrid on Monday, but their narrow focus on rules and procedures remains out of sync with the world's climate-addled future.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping launch on Monday a gas pipeline that is the first of three ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow's role as top gas exporter.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un supervised on Thursday's test of what it called a "super-large multiple launch rocket system", Pyongyang's state media said on Friday, hinting that it could be the last in that series.
Sudan's new authorities on Thursday ordered that the party of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir be dissolved and his regime "dismantled", heeding the call of protesters whose campaign led to the leader's overthrow.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the US had resumed talks with Taliban insurgents as he made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with troops.
Protesters in smoke-covered Sydney kicked off a fresh round of global protests against climate change on Friday, with activists and schoolchildren picketing the headquarters of bushfire-ravaged Australia's ruling party.
Center-right candidate Luis Lacalle Pou won Uruguay's presidential election on Thursday after his rival conceded, bringing an end to 15 years of leftist rule in the South American country.
