Major General ranked Khaled Megawer has been appointed as the new head of the Egyptian military intelligence service.
On Sunday, the autonomous Serb Republic in Bosnia announced that it will continue its restrictive fiscal spending policy in 2019.
On Sunday, the authorities of Guyan announced that the Venezuelan navy has intercepted an Exxon Mobil Corporation oil exploration ship in Guyanese waters.
On Sunday, the upper chamber of Italian Parliament voted for the latest version of the country's budget for next year.
According to the Xinhua news agency, Chinese authorities are considering to unify three existing laws on foreign firms and joint ventures.
According to the Statistics Norway, Norwegians' total gross wealth last year increased by 9.1%, reaching $1,145B, amid surging housing prices and stock market.
In result of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit held in Abuja, Morocco's application to join the organisation remained pending.
The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder stated on Sunday that attempts of the US to stop construction of the Nord Stream 2 were related to ambitions to supply its own gas to Europe.
The Governor of Ireland's Central Bank Philip Lane stated on Sunday sub-prime loans held on balance of commercial banks possessed systemic risk for the country's financial system.
The spokeswoman of the US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the President will not travel to Florida for Christmas.
As Cuban lawmakers have approved the draft of the new country's constitution, it is still set to be voted upon in a referendum. Meanwhile, Reuters reported that the intellectuals of the country are protesting the referendum, stating that it is a too complicated matter for a popular vote.
As the US President Donald Trump has decided upon pulling out US troops from Syria, the special envoy against ISIS Brett McGurk has resigned from his post.
A year before abdicating the Emperor Akihito has gathered a record crowd consisting of at least 75,000 well wishing citizens that paid respects on his birthday.
On Sunday, a Japanese court announced that it is extending the detention of the ousted Nissan Motor Company chairman for additional ten days.
On Saturday, the financial media sources, which previously revealed the information about Donald Trump discussing the firing of Jerome Powell, have backtracked their statements and announced that most likely the US President will not act against the head of the Federal Reserve.
On Saturday, the Treasury Secretary of the United States Steven Mnuchin announced that the US President has not been suggested by anyone to fire the head of the Fed.
A federal US judge has allowed the CVS Health Corp acquisition of the health insurer Aetna. The judge ruled that Aetna will have to independently make their own decisions in regards to personnel, pricing and products.
On Saturday, the legislators of Cuba approved a new constitution draft. The main outtake from the update is that the country will legitimize private business, which has sprung up in the country over the last decade.
The new constitution of Cuba, which was approved on Saturday, has set a term and age limit on the country's presidency. In addition, Cubans intends to introduce a position of Prime Minister.
On Saturday, Cuban lawmakers approved unanimously the revised draft of an updated constitution. The constitution intends to update the country's one-party system by opening it socio-economically.
On Sunday, it was revealed that the US government shutdown will affect nearly 15% of the federal workforce. This proportion of workers is expected to work without pay or will not report to work at all.
On Saturday evening, the US Senate held a meeting on which results it failed to stop government shutdown. Therefore, the next session will be held on Thursday.
On Saturday, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani expressed support to the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir amid anti-government protests.
The former leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown, died at the age of 77, the party reported on Saturday evening.