Official data showed on Thursday that Chinese exports and imports for May beat expectations, in spite of weakening commodity prices. Upbeat data also suggests the Chinese economic situation is holding at a better-than-expected pace, despite a slowdown in the property market.
On Thursday, North Korea fired several land-to-ship missiles off its Eastern coast, ignoring the new set of sanctions by the US, showing that it would continue to develop its missile and nuclear program.
On Thursday, debris and bodies of the military aircraft that went missing early on Wednesday were discovered off the Southern coast of Myanmar.
Samsung plans to invest $300M for building an appliances factory in the US to make products such as gas oven ranges and washing machines, the South Korean newspaper revealed.
The US government is considering the expansion of a ban on laptops at flights from additional 71 airports in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, the Homeland Security revealed.
The final estimate of Japan's GDP growth in the first quarter was reported at 0.3%, down from a preliminary reading of 0.5%, due to descending revision of business inventories.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's trade surplus narrowed to A$555M in May from the prior month's revised up surplus of A$3.17B.
Qatar is talking to Iran and Turkey about securing food and water supplies to stave off possible shortages right two days after its biggest suppliers cut trade and diplomatic ties.
Iran announced that they have arrested five people suspected to be connected to Wednesday's terrorist attack on the country's parliament in Tehran.
Russia and Venezuela are holding talks on the possibility of restructuring the Caracas' debt of $1B, ambassador of Venezuela to Russia Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa told on Wednesday.
Donald Trump, as part of his call for an infrastructure bill, will travel to Cincinnati on Wednesday to push his plan to upgrade the US inland waterway system of locks and dams.
Iranian military blamed Saudi Arabia for the first terrorist attack claimed by IS in their country, setting the stage for spiraling tensions between the two rivals at a critical moment in the region.
The British police have carried out a controlled explosion after being alerted to two unattended vehicles near the new US embassy in south-west London.
The US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said that it was hard to say how big the upcoming tax cuts would be, despite Trump's calls for dramatic tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
Kinnevik, a Swedish investment company, reported on Wednesday that it would sell its remaining 6.6% stake in Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group.
Navistar, the largest American commercial truck maker, reported that its revenue fell 4.6% to $2.10B in the Q2 ended April 30, marking the ninth consecutive quarterly revenue drop.
The British police arrested a 30-year-old man on Wednesday in connection with the London Bridge attack, official sources reported.
The EIA reported that US crude oil inventories rose 3.3M barrels in the week ended June 2, following the prior week's drop of 6.4M barrels and falling behind expectations for a 3.1M-barrel decline.
Statistics Canada reported that building permits dropped 0.2% in April, compared to the preceding month's upwardly revised fall of 4.9%, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 2.4%.
On Wednesday, the US Presdient Donald Trump announced that he would nominate the ex-Assistant US Attorney General Christopher Wray as a new FBI Director.
The Sweden centre-left government together with the opposition parties came to an agreement to tighten the laws with intention to fight terrorism after an outbreak of attacks across Europe.
The number of casualties of the Iranian Parliament and Mausoleum attack reached 12 after three assailants opened fired and detonated a suicide vest on Wednesday.
According to the Myanmar officials, an army plane with 120 people on board has gone missing this Wednesday after losing communication over the Andaman Sea on its way to the Yangon city.
On Wednesday, ferry operator Scandlines suspended ferry transportation between Denmark and Germany as the police received a telephone threat; however, declined to provide further information on the issue.