The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow was ready to cooperate with the US on Afghanistan, according to the interview with RIA news agency.
United Russia, the ruling party in Russia, sought the ultimate victory of the country's current president Vladimir Putin at the March's presidential election.
French state-run utility EDF completed the 75.5% stake acquisition in Areva NP, the nuclear Areva group's construction unit.
Steel producer ArcelorMittal told commissioners ruling Italian Ilva plan that it wanted to change the buying contract, aiming to protect the company against legal challenges in the country.
The EU member states accepted an agreement to reform the aviation safety agency of the bloc, including rules on the use of drones.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will pay $125M in order to settle claims brought by two Californian pension funds over misrepresentation made during sale of mortgage-backed securities ten years ago.
According to local police, more than 100 inhabitants of the island of Mindanao died in deadly landslides and floods that were caused by another tropical storm.
According to the Anadolu news agency, Turkish authorities want to change the name of the street where the UAE mission is located to Fakhreddin Pasha.
On Saturday, the recently elected President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed retired military chief Constantino Chiwenga and experienced politician Kembo Mohadi as the party's Vice Presidents (VPs).
The President of Egypt Fattah al-Sisi announced on Saturday that Egypt will in the upcoming two-three years start a $5.6B building project in the Sinai Peninsula whose northern side is seized by Islamist militants.
According to the Euro am Sonntag, German Bundesbank excluded the possibility of introduction of specific digital currency for the Euro Zone and warned that investments in this type of asset is very risky.
On Saturday, the Italian Parliament adopted the draft budget for 2018, which aims to decrease deficit to 1.6% from a targeted 2.1% this year. In addition to that, it includes a new "web tax", requiring companies to pay 3% from some Internet transactions.
According to a local police spokesman, three Turkish tourists were arrested in Jerusalem on Saturday over an incident at one of the Muslims' holy sites.
On Saturday, a number of Russian senior officials said that the US decision to supply defensive arms to Ukraine is intended to provoke Kiev to resume military action in Donbass.
The Parliament of Macedonia has adopted a new draft budget, reducing the deficit to 2.7% from 2.9% this year. Neverthless, the VMRO-DPMNE party boycotted the vote, protesting against arrests of various politicians for an alleged violence in parliament in April.
Germany should cap the number of incoming immigrants to 65,000 a year, a position that could prove divisive in the coalition talks, Chancellor Merkel's conservative Deputy Leader said.
According to China's Central Bank Deputy Governor, the country will gradually reduce economic debt to prevent the buildup of the financial risks.
The US Magistrate judge has granted sanctions against Apple Inc and ordered to pay $25,000 for each day it failed to produce the evidence for the FTC lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc.
Ladbrokes Coral, the high street bookmaker, has agreed to a takeover by GVC, the online rival, in a deal that is worth £4B, following two previous attempts to merge.
Turkish government has approved the 2018 central budget that included raised spending on the defence and anticipated fiscal deficit of $17.28B.
According to the local police, the death toll rose to around 90 people amid tropical storm in Mindanao, Philippines, which has triggered flooding and mudslides.
The proposed European reforms by France's President Macron will be in focus in the talks between German Chancellor Merkel's conservatives and centre-left SPD to form a government.
China has punished over 8,000 people for being engaged in fiscal violations after an audit of the 2016 central budget spendings revealed multiple issues.
Trade between China and North Korea rose $388M in November, but was still close to the lowest levels of this year, as sanctions kept slowing business with an isolated neighbour.