The tumbles were spurred by Friday’s report showing unexpectedly slower hiring among U.S. employers, raising fears of a coming recession.

Thousands of demonstrators stormed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family.

One of the men charged with terrorism offences has been charged with committing an aggravated assault for the so-called Islamic State.

Researchers believe they may have cracked the mystery of why a 3,500-year-old mummy known as the "Screaming Woman" wears an ancient, pained expression.

The Canadian naval exercise on July 31 'caused disturbance and stirred up trouble,' the Chinese defence ministry said in a statement Friday.

Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics

The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday. All told, six countries released at least one prisoner.

Oil prices remained on course for a fourth successive weekly decline as signs of weak growth in global fuel demand outweighed fears of supply disruption in the Middle East.

Calls to remove Steven Van de Velde from the Olympics have been loud, and the crowds at both of his matches so far have been similarly loud.

The attack at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class shocked a country where knife crime is a long-standing and vexing problem, though mass stabbings are rare.

A number of U.S. nationals are being held in Russian prisons, including jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

The bank said that by a 5-4 margin, its policymaking panel backed a quarter-point reduction in its main interest rate to five per cent, from the 16-year of 5.25 per cent.

The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July.

Global Affairs Canada says 21,399 Canadians have officially registered as being in Lebanon, though it expects many more are present in the country.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices in the attacks are expected to enter the pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as next week.