Iran faces "new and serious consequences" unless it releases detained Americans, the US President Donald Trump says.
The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani calls for a dialogue to resolve a political blockade of the nation by neighbouring countries.
Siemens is set to stop delivering power generation equipment to Russia's state-controlled firms after the company's four gas turbines were modified and moved to Crimea.
Democrats in the US Congress urged the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to conduct an in-depth review of Amazon's plan to buy Whole Foods.
JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $148M in total to end US antitrust litigation claiming the banks conspired with others to manipulate the Euroyen Tibor and yen Libor interest rates.
The US Transportation Department fined Delta Airlines $200K, Frontier Airlines $400k and American Airlines $250K for department's consumer protection rules violations.
The European Union and Algeria are set to implement partnership projects totalling $233M in attempt to diversify the country's economy and enhance business climate.
Bank of America confirmed Dublin as a location for it EU legal entities after Brexit, aiming to move market operations and investment banking to the Irish capital.
On Friday, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered to end all official contacts with Israel in protest against the latest security measures in Jerusalem.
On Friday, crude oil prices lost 2.5% and settled down at $48.06 a barrel amid rising OPEC supply.
The US Department of Labor requested Wells Fargo to pay $575K of fine and rehire an unknown whistleblower, who raised awareness over the opening of 2.1M customer bank accounts without their knowledge.
Kurt Volker, the US special envoy for Ukraine negotiations, will visit country's eastern regions to meet with senior officials and discuss security issues, the US State Department announced on Friday.
On Friday, the Zurich-based digital wealth management company Flynt has got a banking license from Swiss financial regulator FINMA. The start-up aims to provide asset management services for wealthy clients.
On Friday, the US State Department said that the US government wants to forbid all Americans from visitng and traveling to North Korea because of "the serious risk of arrest".
Philip Hammond, the British Finance Minister, told the Board of Goldman Sachs that he would push for a longer transition period after the UK leaves the EU, sources close to the matter reported.
Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, resigned after Donald Trump appointed Anthony Scaramucci, a prominent American financier, as the new White House communications director.
The United Auto Workers Union President Dennis Williams reported that the Union was in talks with General Motors about the potential threat posed by weak car sales.
The White House reported on Friday that the US President Donald Trump indented to review the defence industrial base.
Canadian headline inflation fell 0.1% month-over-month in June after rising 0.1% in the prior month, but meeting analysts' expectations.
Statistics Canada reported on Friday that core retail sales dropped 0.1% in May, following the preceding month's downwardly revised rise of 1.3%.
The telecom Italia CEO Flavio Cattaneo is eager to step down from his post next week on July 27 after dispute with the company's top shareholder Vivendi.
On Friday, Turkey provided the German government with a black list of more than 680 Germany's companies that Turkey suspected of supporting terrorism.
The United Arab Emirates welcomed the Qatari decision on Friday to amend the anti-terrorism laws following the escalated tensions among the Arab Gulf states and Doha.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Friday that his country will attempt to solve the Gulf crisis among Qatar and its neighbouring Arab states during his visits to the countries on July 23-24.