On Saturday, the British police stated they had detained two more men allegedly linked to the network behind this week's bombings in Manchester.
According to a French source, the G7 nations made a "substantial progress" in discussions on trade, suggesting the US protectionist stance has slightly softened.
The official state news agency Anadolu reported a Turkish court had formally detained two opposition newspaper staff over alleged links to the last year's failed coup.
A Group of Seven source said leaders had been unable to agree whether the communique due on Saturday afternoon would contain a pledge to take extra action against Russia.
Iraqi military launched an operation to seize the last IS-held area that covers predominantly the Old City centre of Mosul and some districts along the Tigris river western bank.
Panama's government said it would implement a stricter immigration policy for Colombia, Venezuela and Nicaragua amid a higher influx of those fleeing conflicts at home.
On Saturday, the Malaysian police said six local men had been confined from May 23 to 26 over alleged involvement with the IS militant group.
An official state media reported on Saturday the mayor of Beijing Cai Qi had been appointed to the post of the party chief of the country's capital city.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as a National Security Adviser during Jimmy Carter's presidency, died at the age of 89, his daughter said late on Friday.
The Israeli Prisons Service reported over 800 Palestinian inmates incarcerated in prisons in Israel had ended a hunger strike that started on April 17.
Ke Jie, the world's top Go player, lost the third and also final match against Google's artificial intelligence AlphaGo rival.
The Egyptian Air Force carried out strikes at camps near Derna in Libya, where men responsible for the Minya bus attack are believed to have trained.
The death toll from severe flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka reached 100 on Saturday, according to government officials.
At least 18 people were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack by a suicide car bomber in eastern Afghanistan.
The Group of Seven (G7) signed a declaration on fighting terrorism, days after a suicide bomber blew himself in Manchester.
Chinese industrial companies' profits had increased 24.4% in the first four months of 2017, compared to the same period the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.
Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State, made decision not to host Ramadan celebrations at the State Department, breaking with a 20 year lasting bipartisan tradition.
China's Yunnan province aims to deepen an agricultural cooperation with Bulgaria within the New Silk Road and get acces to European countries.
Russia is set to sell advanced Ka-62 helicopters developed by the Russian Helicopters Group in an amount of 365 units by 2030.
The IOM reported that more than 60,000 refugees and migrants entered Europe in 2017, while 1,530 died when crossing the Mediterranean this year.
The G7 leaders called for internet companies and social media firms to increase efforts in dealing with extremist content and prevent its spread online.
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine President, urged Islamic militants to renounce hostilities and start talks, in attempt to stop Marawi City's bloody occupation.
Hillary Clinton said on Friday that Trump's proposed spending cuts of $3.6T over the next decade are cruel, weighting heavily on the most vulnerable society members.
The Canadian preliminary budget deficit in 2016-17 amounts to 21.85B Canadian Dollars ($16.3B) and is in line with expectations, the Finance Department reported on Friday.