The hurricane Harvey hit South Texas as a category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and the likelihood of flooding, leaving thousands without power.
A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the southern coast of Yemen during a training mission with one service member missing following the incident.
Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled to Dubai, facing a possible 10-year jail term in the home country.
The Philippines transport regulator stated that it would cancel a one-month Uber suspension, if the company pays a fine of $3.7M, which is 20 times higher than Uber offered before.
Chinese Commerce Ministry banned North Korean enterprses and individuals from doing business in the counrty in line with UN Security Council sanctions.
Donald Trump is set to rescind an Obama-implemented policy known as ‘Dreamers', which protected nearly 600K immigrants who entered the US illegally as children.
The ultra-easy monetary policy of the ECB was working and the bloc's economic recovery stregthened even with inflation below the 2% target, Mario Draghi stated.
Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary, stated that new sanctions against Venezuela were aligned to restrict its access to US equity and debt markets.
The UN official stated that Mexico and the United States need to boost protection for refugee applicants and asylum seekers, especially along its common border.
The Euro hit its highest against the US Dollar on Friday after the ECB President Mario Draghi expressed optimism over the Euro zone economy and the single currency.
The price of oil rose almost 1% on Friday amid the weak US Dollar and threats stemming from the Hurricane Harvey.
Brazil's tax agency reported on Friday that the country's federal tax revenue dropped 0.3% year-over-year in July, the worst since 2010.
An anonymous quality manager of Volkswagen reported on Friday that he told the former CEO Martin Winterkorn on July 27, 2015, that VW cheated during emissions tests in the US.
The Census Bureau reported that orders for US-made durable goods dropped 6.8% in July, following the preceding month's surge of 6.4%, while analysts expected a fall of 6.0%.
The Munich-based Ifo Institute reported on Friday that its Business Climate Index fell to 115.6 in August from 116.0 in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated a drop to 115.5.
Iraqi government troops and allied paramilitary forces broke through the IS lines inside Tal Afar, reaching the centre of the city, the military reported on Friday.
According to an emergency decree published in the official gazette on Friday, hundreds of officials had been dismissed in the ongoing fallout from the 2016 coup in Turkey.
Angolan ruling MPLA party won the national election and ensured that the Defense Minister Joao Lourenco would be the country's next leader.
The US President Donald Trump is to begin a major push to reform tax policy next week, The Financial Times reported on Friday.
India's authorities has reported that India's Supreme Court declaration on the individual privacy that is a fundamental right for an each citizen, would have a big impact on the government.
Afghan officials reported that in a suicide attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Kabul had died at least 20 people and had been wounded more than 40 others. Among the victims were two police officers.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Poland announced that the government of the country is standing in the way of a compromise in the European regulation of Eastern European labour employment.
In the northern part of India a convicted self-proclaimed "godman" was convicted of the rape of two women. That triggered protests by a crowd of his supporters.
Due to Donald Trump announcing a new strategy in Afghanistan, US fighter pilots prepare for an escalation in the air strike amount.