The UN Security Council expanded sanctions on North Korea after the repeat of missile test, the first such deal agreed between the US and China since Trump took office.
Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan revealed that he expects the US to successfully forge trade deals with Canada and Mexico, which are likely to boost the US labor force.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is confident that Britain can get a great deal in negotiations to abandon the European Union.
The Greek economy expanded 0.4% in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
The UN General Assembly chose Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Poland, Peru as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two years.
The South African government on Friday asked the United States to review its withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
The US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement would hurt developing nations, a senior Zambian official said on Friday.
The Russian economy is reviving with foreign direct investment at $7B for the first quarter of 2017, the Russian President Vladimir Putin says.
On Friday, a group of demonstrators protesting against corruption in Imzouren (northeast Morocco) clashed with local police, which periodically oped fire from water cannons.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said that he expects inflation to reach 2% target by the end of 2017. Therefore, he supports two more interest rate hikes during this year.
Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines, said on Friday that it will no longer buy used American weapons and will look for new equipment in Russia and China.
According to quarterly report prepared by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has fully complied with its obligations under the nuclear deal. However, it risks to exceed the limit of heavy water reserves.
Li Keqiang said that China objects to North Korea's nuclear tests and is ready to support any new sanctions proposed by the United Nations.
Eric Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York, said that the he has evidence that Exxon deceived its investors with respect to assessment of risks of climate change.
On Friday, Moldova's President Igor Dodon stated that his country could not join the European Union as bloc's unstable situation caused by the Brexit questioned the integration benefits.
Aeroflot stated on Friday that the Russian new domestically-built MS-21 passenger aircraft could become a serious competitor to industry's leaders Airbus and Boeing.
On Friday, the UK PM Theresa May announced that her Party's member Craig Mackinlay would stay as a candidate for the national vote despite misuse of funds in the 2015 election.
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi stated on Friday that India would stay committed to the Paris climate accord.
The Lebanon Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk stated on Friday that the government needs no less than six months to prepare for the Parliamentary Election to hold it under a new legislation.
Germany's industrial gases company Linde won a contract for supplying Russia's NKNK new olefin factory and agreed for a strategic collaboration with the firm's parent the TAIF Group.
The CEO of the Italian Enel Francesco Starace urged Sberbank to undertake the sail of the Reftinskaya coal power factory in Russia, aiming to close the deal in 2017.
According to Telegraph, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May might replace the current Finance Minister Philip Hammond with Amber Rudd, in case the government gains a landslide victory in June 8 election.
Eurostat reported that producer prices in the 19-member bloc held steady in April, following the preceding month's fall of 0.3% and falling behind expectations for a 0.2% increase.
Markit reported on Friday that its PMI for the UK construction sector came in at 56.0 for May, up from the prior month's 53.2, whereas analysts anticipated a decrease to 52.7.