Germany on Friday summoned Turkey's envoy after Ankara detained almost a dozen lawmakers from the main pro-Kurdish party, warning that a crackdown against terror should not be used as an excuse to silence the opposition.

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier "summoned Turkey's envoy to the foreign ministry" for talks on the "latest developments in Turkey", said a ministry source.

A court in northern Nigeria has freed five Muslim men accused of killing an elderly Christian woman for allegedly blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed.

The White House on Thursday urged Britain and the European Union to remain "flexible" as the two sides work out a framework for Brexit, following a British High Court ruling likely to delay an EU exit.

Hundreds of French police cleared a huge migrant camp in northeast Paris on Friday in a fresh sign of the government's determination to take refugees off the streets and into shelters.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Friday agreed to be questioned in a formal corruption probe, portraying herself as an over-trusting, "lonely" leader who dropped her guard with a close friend arrested for fraud.

Turkish police on Friday detained almost a dozen MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party, including its two co-leaders, as eight people were killed in a deadly car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag appeared before judges in the city of Diyarbakir who would decide whether to remand them in custody, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he is ready to work with whoever becomes the next U.S. president, and predicted "adjustments" in Canada's relationship with its southern neighbor after the election.

"Every time the Americans elect a new president there are a certain number of adjustments to be made," said Trudeau, who declined to share with reporters his preference for who should lead the United States, Canada's closest ally and biggest trading partner.

The battle for the White House tightened Thursday, with a fresh poll showing Hillary Clinton's lead ebbing and Donald Trump winning over once wary Republican voters days before the monumental vote.

A CBS/New York Times survey showed Clinton leading 45 percent to her Republican rival's 42 percent, with the vast majority of supporters saying their minds are made up.

Hillary Clinton will be joined by President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and her husband president Bill Clinton for the final rally of the 2016 presidential campaign on Monday in swing state Pennsylvania, her team said.

The show of political force by the Democratic White House candidate will take place in Philadelphia, a highly symbolic choice -- both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed there.

A large number of computers at a Geneva hotel that hosted delicate Iranian nuclear talks last year were infected with malware used for espionage, Swiss prosecutors said Thursday.