Authorities in Turkey have arrested a former minister and deputy chair of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’s ruling party over her alleged involvement in a share-price manipulation scandal involving several investment funds.

Passengers recounted landing at a military base and being subjected to security checks and travel delays after threats that turned out to be hoaxes affected planes in Italy, Poland, Spain.

Oil prices rose Friday as investors weighed the risk of renewed U.S.-Iran military escalation after the midterms, alongside prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough.

An estimated 270,000 people joined nationwide strikes and protests across France on Thursday, putting pressure on President Emmanuel Macron's government.

The arrest last year of Au Kam San, 69, was the first publicly known prosecution under the Chinese territory’s national security law since it was enacted in 2009.

A prosecutor described Brand as a ruthless, calculating, manipulative "sexual predator." Brand, 51, denied the charges, saying he had never forced anyone to do something against their will.

Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory unleashed a rout of tech stocks on Thursday, with investors worried the party will ‌use its gains in state capitols and the US Congress to impose new regulations that will slow the AI infrastructure buildout that has fueled this year's market gains.

The Turkish energy minister has laid out plans for his country to wean itself away from coal and other fossil fuels as it prepares to host the COP31 climate change summit