The US special forces are helping the Philippines military and police units to root out militants allied to IS holed up in the southern town of Marawi, a US embassy spokesperson reported.
13 Philippine marines were killed in fierce fighting with Muslim militants who had laid siege to southern Marawi city for nearly a month in the biggest single-day loss for government forces.
Catalonia would hold a referendum on independence in the autumn 2017, the President of the region Carles Puigdemont announced on Friday.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a closer cooperation between China and India at a meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
China will soon be the world's biggest air market and Asia Pacific countries will continue to be an engine for growth, the Airbus Chief Operating Officer John Leahy says.
Germany supports Mexico in renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with the US President Donald Trump, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
The US is committed to the NATO charter's Article 5 on mutual defence, the US President Donald Trump says.
Gulf nations as well as Iran and Turkey must work together to ease the situation in Qatar, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed that Britain is likely to stick with its Brexit talks plan after the country's unexpected election outcome.
Donald Trump, the US President, is expected to attend Miami next Friday and unveil a Cuba policy, which is likely to tighten rules on travel and trade.
Boeing Co won a $410M worth modification to a contract on foreign military sales, the Pentagon revealed in a Friday's statement.
Donald Trump spoke over the phone with Britain's PM Theresa May, showing his anticipation to deepen the US ties with the UK, particularly cooperation to fight terror attacks.
US President Donald Trump is expected to attend Poland ahead of July's G20 summit as well as visit the Three Seas Initiative Summit to show strong US ties to Central Europe.
Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, while visiting the Kazakhstan, signed not less than 24 deals worth about $8B on cooperation with the country.
On Friday, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to relieve their impediment against Qatar.
At a joint press conference on Friday, the US President Donald Trump claimed the former FBI chief's testimony had showed "no collusion, no obstruction".
The US Commerce Department revealed wholesale inventories plummeted 0.5% for the month of April, the biggest dip in over a year.
Canada's industries performed at 83.3% of their manufacturing capacity during the Q1 of 2017, hitting the strongest level since the Q3 of 2007.
According to the government data, Canadian unemployment rate inched 0.1% up to hit 6.6% in May, matching analysts' expectations.
Data released by Statistics Canada revealed the country's labour market grew by 54.5K jobs over the month of May, while analysts had predicted an 11.5K gain.
On Friday, the US Presdient Donald Trump said that he will put more effort to speed up the process of obtainment of building permits for new infrastructure projects.
The United States revealed its plans to pay only $1.99B to the new UN peacekeeping budget thereby reducing its share by more than 10%.
The Japanese SoftBank corporation announced that it wants to buy Boston Dynamics and Schaft, the two leading robot manufacturing companies, to increase its R&D capabilities.
John Carney Jr., the Governor of Delaware, signed on Thursday a bill that guarantees legality of abortion within the state despite the President Donald Trump's anti-abortion views.