A boat carrying about 15 people onboard tipped over near the Tawau port in Sabah, Malaysia. So far, only two people have been found alive, local maritime authorities reported.
South Korean artists filed a lawsuit against the country's President and some ex-members of her administration over unlawful attempt to violate artists' right for free speech.
New Zealand's central bank left its official cash rate unchanged and announced in its monetary policy statement that increases would be made no earlier than July 2019.
The company announced plans to launch its Dragon spacecraft from the pad at the Kennedy Space Center on February 18. The mission would bring equipment and supplies to the ISS.
The US District Court judge blocked consolidation of the two health insurers, stating that the deal would decrease competition and raise prices for consumers.
As the conflict that started in 2015 continues, the UN estimates that 18.8M people require humanitarian aid and cautions that without help the country could face famine in 2017.
On Wednesday, the lower chamber of the British parliament gave UK's Prime Minister Theresa May green light to execute the Brexit process; however, she still requires approval from the upper chamber before the bill becomes law.
Conviction about no Fed rate hike in March lead to a decline in US Treasury yields on Wednesday, which in turn had a negative effect on the American Dollar, causing it to fall after two days of straight gains.
Syria's government jets attacked the rebel-held neighbourhood of Homs in the western part of Syria, killing numerous people, reported the monitoring group.
The ICRC suspended all operations that were held in Afghanistan amid six Red Cross employees were killed while helping the victims in the northern region after the snow storm.
According to the US Treasury Department, the UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson gave up the US citizenship, a move that the politician promised to do earlier.
Shares of various companies with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 inched lower to near the record low levels amid the US President Trump's tweets.
The BoE Deputy Governor Cunliffe alerted against the possibility to dilute the global banking rules that were introduced after the 2008 financial crisis.
On Wednesday, the former First Minister of Somali Farmajo has been sworn in as new Somalian President, surpassing 21 candidates.
On Wednesday, the White House stated that the DNI and the director of the CIA will become the members of the President Trump's Cabinet.
The US Secretary Tillerson will meet with Freeland and Videgaray, Canada's and Mexico's foreign ministers, to discuss the NAFTA trade agreement.
On Wednesday, elder members of the Republican Party said they would meet with the Trump administration to propose a tax of $40 per ton of carbon dioxide to join the global fight against climate change.
Allergan's CEO Brent Saunders voiced doubts on Wednesday that the Trump tax reform would be introduced this year and that it could have a major negative impact on the Irish drug producer.
On Wednesday, Volkswagen's works council accused Herbert Diess, the head of the VW brand, and Karlheinz Blessing, the head of personnel, of breaching the November cost-cutting deal.
Bombardier, Canada's plane manufacturer, said it would double the size of the installed fleet in India to 40 aircraft over the next several years.
On Wednesday, BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink expressed concern over the global financial market and current consensus, as uncertainties over international trade practices put pressure on businesses.
On Wednesday, the Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Volkswagen's CEO Matthias Mueller and said he would help the company to improve its situation on the Russian market.
Alexei Navalny, Russia's opposition leader, said on Wednesday the Kremlin tried to block his participation in the next presidential election after he was found guilty of embezzling funds from KirovLes.
An Iranian family has been waiting the permission to enter the US for three years but once it was granted the family failed to move to the US due to the Trump refugee travel ban imposed last week.