EU Council President Donald Tusk condemned as attempted "blackmail" Friday a threat by the Turkish president to allow millions of refugees to head to Europe if the bloc criticises Ankara's offensive in Syria.

The next week will define how and if Britain leaves the European Union on October 31, or whether Brexit will be delayed for a third time.

National security officials complained to a White House lawyer about US President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine both before his phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky and immediately after it, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

Suspected missile strikes hit an Iranian oil tanker off the Saudi coast on Friday, its owner said, the first Iranian vessel targeted since a spate of attacks in the Gulf Washington blamed on Tehran.

France's Pacific island territory of New Caledonia will hold a second referendum on independence next year, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Friday.

An angry, energized President Donald Trump whipped supporters into a frenzy Thursday at a Minneapolis campaign rally where he predicted a 2020 election "backlash" against Democratic attempts to impeach him.

US President Donald Trump's decision to take custody of dozens of high-value Islamic State militants from the under-siege Kurds avoided their possible release but raised the pressure on Washington and its allies to accept them for trial.

Britain and Europe's top Brexit negotiators sit down together Friday to test what British and Irish leaders say might be a "pathway" to a deal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are neck and neck with Conservatives in the Canada's October 21 elections race, with neither party likely to win an absolute majority, polls showed as party leaders headed into a final debate Thursday.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Thursday after talks with Britain's Boris Johnson that he believed the EU could strike a divorce deal to allow Brexit on October 31.