Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides, Varnavas Theodosiou, CEO of ExxonMobil Cyprus, and Ali al-Mana, director of Qatar Energy’s International Upstream and Exploration, signed an oil and gas exploration contract in Nicosia.

The 56-year-old film director still savors the memory of the minutes-long standing ovation he received after the documentary's press screening at Cannes. He now lives in fear of the hardline Islamists who returned to power in mid-August.

Erdogan said though when it first emerged, social media was hailed as a symbol of freedom, now it has “turned into one of the main sources of threats to today's democracy.” Lies, manufactured news, and disinformation spread rapidly through the use of social media.

The 22-year-old weightlifter from Gujranwala secured a Bronze medal for Pakistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lifted 143 kg in the first attempt at the snatch event but his following attempts to lift 146kg and 147kg were unsuccessful.

World powers and Iran were locked in talks on reviving their nuclear deal on Friday, with a European source saying they were working from texts discussed five months ago and Iranian officials said they were sticking to a tough stance from last week.

The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist.

The UK sanctioned a Pakistani national, Furqan Bangalzai, former commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, that is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine. Sanctions have also been placed on Myanmar's military.

Finland will replace its fleet of aging fighter jets with an order of 64 F-35A multi-role fighters from US contractor Lockheed Martin in a deal worth 8.4 billion euros ($9.5 billion), the government said on Friday.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Friday said that the prices of edible items were declining in third consecutive week that ended on December 9 as compared to same period last year.

Jens Stoltenberg urges Russia to de-escalate, respect Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and return to diplomacy

Former US president says without his help, Israel might be destroyed by now. Trump also said Netanyahu seemed to forget his unfailing support.

Amin said the average temperature was increasing at a doubled pace as compared to the world in Pakistan due to the geology of the region.