On Friday, the US Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal demanded Jeff Sessions, the US Attorney General, to be questioned over the concealment of him being in contact with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign in 2016.
According to the police of Congo, on Friday, in the capital of of the Republic the leader of a separatist cult was arrested after a two-week long standoff.
After eight long days of peace talks in Geneva, the Syrian opposition accepted 12 UN general principles on Syria's future.
On Friday, the Fed Governor Janet Yellen stated that a rate hike in March is possible if the upcoming employment and inflation data do not disappoint.
On Friday, Marine Le Pen, a French presidential candidate, refused to give a statement to judges before the end of the elections, concerning allegations over the misuse of EU's funds.
Stanley Fischer, the Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, claimed that monetary policy is not enough to deal with the complexity of the economy, but human capital is of highest importance.
Oil prices surged upon a weaker Dollar, but Russian data that signaled a lack of compliance with the output deal made investors wary.
As many as 98 prisoners were released in Gambia on Friday as part of the country's attempt to change the system after authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh's ousting.
A hospital will be sued by the family of an Ebola nurse who was given the title of „Person of the Year" by Times magazine two years ago, following her death after giving birth.
Brussels' officials claimed on Friday that they would formally decide on developing a military mission command center on Monday, as an attempt to boost security.
Following 51 report of fires related to Mercedes cars, Daimler claimed that it would recall around one million of its newest Mercedes vehicles due to safety risks.
The Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipila stated the European Union member states have to stay together as decline in cooperation may lead to the worse performance of the bloc and take a heavy toll on all the EU countries.
On Friday, the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel announced about the agreement with Tunisia on sending back 1.5K of the country's refugees amid the Berlin attack on the Christmas market.
The United Nations are eager to end eight days of the Geneva peace talks on Friday and decide on the next round of Syria negotiations including date, time and format.
Nestle and Coca-Cola companies have come to an agreement to terminate their Nestle iced tea venture after more than 15 years of cooperation as it faced severe competition from Lipton and decided to focus on healthier sugarless beverages.
On Thursday, Amazon Inc. announced that the cause of its cloud service's technical breakdown turned out to be a human mistake as wrong command led to the news and governmental websites disruptions during more than three hours.
After a standoff with California's DMV in December, Uber claims for permits to return its autonomous cars back on the roads.
Zimbabwe called for help from the foreign countries as floods hit Zimbabwe, leaving 246 people dead, while hundreds had lost their homes.
Thierry Solere, the head spokesman of the French Presidential nominee Francois Fillon, has made a decision to resign from his post on Friday.
On Friday, the Brexit Minister David Davis said that Britain would trigger Article 50 by the end of this month.
On Friday, Paytm E-Commerce raised another $200M from Alibaba and SAIF Partners to compete with Flipkart and Amazon in the global online retail market.
German officials were evacuated from the city hall building on Friday amid the bomb threat received next day after Germany recalled the Turkish official meeting.
On Friday, the Deputy PM of Malaysia Ahmad Zahid Hamidi reported a North Korean airport murder alleged criminal would be deported from Malaysia without permission to come back.
On Friday, Egypt accepted the German $500M offer to support the Egyptian economy and small-medium businesses in the form of concessional funds and grants.