Valentina Matviyenko, the Chairwoman of Russia's Federation Council, will have a meeting with North and South Korean top parliamentarians to ask them to establish a direct channel of communication, the TASS news agency reported on Saturday.
According to Somalia's police officer Mohamed Hussein, a powerful truck bomb exploded in the centre of Mogadishu. The number of casualties has not been determined yet.
The Spanish government stated on Saturday that it would take control of Catalonia in case the regional leader would reply ambiguously on Spain's question about independence declaration.
Seven people, including six children, were shot dead by a gunman in a raid on a high school on early Saturday that most probably was a revenge attack, a Kenya police official reported.
At least four people died in a plane crash in Ivory Coast near Abidjan on Saturday, while six others were injured, the police reported.
Once again, North Korea had issued a new threat on Friday stating it would launch a ballistic missile toward the US Pacific territory of Guam, if Donald Trump continued his "provocations".
The Turkish army has confirmed on Friday that it deployed troops to Syria's Idlib province, in order to stop fighting and establish a de-escalation zone in the northwestern region.
Russia has warned that it might deploy its Iskander missile systems to the Kalininigrad region, which borders Poland and Lithuania in response to the deployment of an armored division of the US troops in Poland.
The release of a Taliban-held US-Canadian family is a good sign, but is not enough to improve a deeply troubled relationship that has endured years of rancor.
A plane has crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Ivory Coast during stormy weather on Saturday, right after taking off from the international airport.
Yemen's former Aden governor reported on Friday that he was seeing an independence referendum coming to be announced soon.
According to the US-led anti-IS coalition about 100 Islamic State fighters have surrendered in the northern city of Raqqa in the last 24 hours, while fighting continued inside the city.
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia reported on Saturday that the Islamic State was on the verge of defeat in the city of Raqqa.
The US Republican Senator Bob Corker stated that the US President Donald Trump's undermining of his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was like public castration.
The People's Bank of China reported on Saturday that the country's economy showed signs of stable growth and that the strong momentum might continue in the second half.
Turkey's state news agency Anadolu reported on Saturday that four people were arrested in connection with Wednesday's explosion at the Tupras refinery.
Myanmar's military began an internal investigation into misconduct of the military personnel against Rohingya Muslims during a counteroffensive.
The Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan said the Chinese economy showed strong signs of stability and growth that could continue during the second half of 2017.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday; however, no immediate information on damage was received.
An Etihad Airways flight EY450 Abu Dhabi-Sydney was forced to make an emergency landing at Adelaine Airport, Australia, early on Saturday due to an activated warning signal.
Luxury electric car maker Tesla fired nearly 400 employees in the past week, including team leaders, supervisors and associates, a former employee stated.
General Motors stated that the company reached a tentative labour deal with workers striking at its Canadian CAMI plant, ending a nearly month-old dispute.
Uber lodged a court appeal to overturn the London transport regulator's decision that stripped the taxi application of operating license in the most important EU market.
Bank of America surpassed expectations with a 15% increase in Q3 profit, as the US lender benefited from higher key interest rates and maintained tight leash on its costs.