Reuters

President Obama is in Washington at the White House to celebrate the U.S. holiday, according to his public schedule.

Germany's highest court says Internet service providers could in principle be held responsible for blocking music illegally available on the Internet in certain cases.

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.

Angola's kwanza has weakened around 30 percent officially this year and far more on the parallel market as subdued oil prices hit Africa's second largest crude exporter.

The decision to commit military personnel and hardware is a shift for Germany, which has resisted such direct involvement in the conflict.

The finance police, who are often in charge of port security the Turkish truck driver did not have the licenses needed to transport the 781 Winchester SXP shotguns.

A senior European diplomat told Reuters this week that Western leaders at the G20 in Antalya agreed on the margins of the meeting to extend the sanctions.

Riyadh may detail a strategy to cope with an era of cheap oil as soon as next month, when the finance ministry presents the 2016 budget plan.

Firm gains came as Wall Street shares closed flat overnight in a pre-Thanksgiving holiday lull and Asian stocks closed modestly higher.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed he is not subject to ethics rules and that only Congress can bar him.

The statement contradicts claims by Samarco that the water and mineral waste contained by the dam are not toxic.

The government tightened the country's asylum rules last Friday in a bid to stem the sharp rise of arrivals.

Africa will overtake South Asia as the region with the largest number of child brides, their number soaring to 310 million, more than 40 percent of the global total, in 2050.

The White House said earlier this month that the president would sign the bill despite provisions that make the Guantanamo prison more difficult to close.

Major banks have prevented new competition from non-banks in the lucrative market for dealing interest rate swaps, a class-action suit asserts.

The Obama administration is pushing other nations to track and stem the flow of homegrown foreign fighters from Europe bound for Syria and Iraq, a source said.

Officer Jason Van Dyke is accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald just six seconds after emerging from his patrol car in October 2014.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up about 0.4 percent, while Japan's Nikkei added 0.5 percent in early trading.

Most of the documents are related to the law firm's advice from 2010 to 2013 on three crashes involving Chevrolet Cobalts.

Trading volume was low as many market participants were away in the last session before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

British actor John Boyega talks about his life-changing role in the upcoming "Star Wars" blockbuster.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warns that allowing the Schengen system to erode would have consequences for other EU projects, including the euro currency.

Citic says the error was caused by a system upgrade, and the figures were amended at the beginning of this month.

The fund could receive 10 billion euros ($10.66 billion) over three years to deal with emergency situations.

The fight against Islamic State militants and other armed conflicts around the globe are fueling demand for U.S. missile defense equipment, helicopters and munitions.

The U.S. secretary of state likened a wave of recent Palestinian attacks to terrorism, and spoke with both leaders about how to end the violence.

The European Union has yet to sign off on the proposed transaction, although the companies have said they received assurances that EU regulators would OK it.

A 23-year-old white man was arrested before midday in Bloomington, Minnesota, and two men aged 26 and 21, both white, turned themselves in, police said.

Papers made public last week by a federal court offer a window into an FBI probe of what would be the largest collection of stolen user names and passwords.