"This is accreditation to the International Renewable Energy Agency, nothing else. It is in Abu Dhabi, not a mission to Abu Dhabi," an Israeli official noted.
As odd as it may appear, action in the markets seems to indicate investors aren't too worried about the major geopolitical events that have made headlines this month.
The charges were lodged after weeks of raids in Belgium and France, where security personnel have conducted massive manhunts in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
An aide said the Kremlin had received a request from Ankara regarding a possible meeting between the two leaders at a climate conference in Paris.
France's foreign minister on Friday called for the destruction of ISIS headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, following the Nov. 13 Paris attacks.
The relationship between Turkey and Russia has turned icy since the Su-24 was shot down Tuesday and the former refused to apologize over it.
Protesters in Athens and Sofia came out in a show of support for Moscow after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane earlier this week.
The country's other stock indexes also fell sharply Friday, a day after regulators announced investigations into the nation's three largest brokerages.
Veteran dissident Guo Feixiong was jailed after more than two years in detention, for organizing protests in support of press freedom and civil rights.
The incident came to light after a video clip of the incident went viral on a messaging app, eventually reaching the victim's aunt in Mumbai.
As online sales surge, Black Friday's status as the premier event on the U.S. holiday shopping calendar is at risk.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the action was taken because Turkey has been reluctant to share information about its citizens involved in terrroist activity.
The proposed goods and services tax, or GST, billed as India's biggest tax reform, has been stalled for months.
At least one person was killed and three others injured in the attack carried out on a Shiite mosque in a town north of the nation's capital Dhaka.
The journalists, from the Cumhuriyet daily, were also charged with assisting a moderate Islamic movement considered to be an armed terrorist group by Turkey.
At a ceremony memorializing victims of the attacks Nov. 13, the French president says the country will not let threats affect its way of life and vows to destroy ISIS.
China, whose ships and tankers frequently sail the waters off Yemen and Somalia, has been an enthusiastic participant in the anti-piracy patrols.
Early reports for Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales reveal a boom in online shopping while in-store shopping lagged.
Berlin saw two anti-terror raids Thursday, after police received a tip about a possible attack in the works.
U.K. Chancellor George Osborne made the announcement Wednesday during an autumn spending review.
In addition to the aid, Canada will resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year and another 15,000 by the end of February.
The Swiss National Bank said its monetary policy is based on two pillars: negative interest rates and a willingness to intervene in the currency market, if necessary.
Venezuelan prosecutors opened an investigation Thursday into the murder of a local opposition leader, Luis Diaz, who was killed Wednesday during a public meeting.
Human-rights groups are decrying heavy-handed arrests and searches after France extended its state of emergency following the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.
Hong Kong, which has special political status in China, could see its independent paper's coverage manipulated.
The industry that has helped mitigate recessions for the U.K. for decades is taking a big hit from low oil prices.
The controversy began when the candidate claimed he had seen Muslims in New Jersey celebrating the collapse of the Twin Towers, something investigators say didn't happen.
Under the new plan, China will consolidate all the branches of its military under one central command.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered his government to draw up measures that would include freezing some joint investment projects and restricting food imports from Turkey.
New Yorkers flocked to see Snoopy, Spider-Man and some notable newcomers floating among the skyscrapers of the Big Apple Thursday morning in the 89th annual Thanksgiving Day event.