Japan's manufacturing PMI for April was revised down to 52.7 from 52.8, but still beyond 52.4 registered in the preceding month, the survey showed.
An official preliminary data showed both South Korean exports and imports rose faster than expected in April, surging 24.2% and 16.6% year-over-year, respectively.
Russia urged North Korea to refrain from actions that might inflame tensions in the region, Russia's Ambassador to Pyongyang said at a meeting with the North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister.
Airbus CEO Tom Enders offered support to French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron just days before the decisive second round of the election.
The German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere presented a 10-point plan one the issue of "Leitkultur", the idea of establishing dominant German values to help integrate immigrants.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged that she would not raise value-added tax if her Conservative Party was elected on June 8, but she did not offer the same promise for other taxes.
South Korea and Iran signed deals to expand mutual cooperation in water treatment and energy sector. Last May, South Korea offered $25B aid for infrastructure investment in Iran.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Pirelli's President Marco Tronchetti Provera after the Russian Formula One Grand Prix in Sochi.
German companies Siemens and SAP signed declarations of intent to cooperate with the Saudi authorities with the aim to further the kingdom's digital transformation.
The US President Donald Trump said China might have hacked emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the presidential election in 2016, in contrast with the view that Moscow orchestrated the hacks.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay the first visit to Russia in two years on May 2 to hold talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.
The US President Donald Trump seeks talks with leaders of Thailand and Singapore concerning the threat North Korea poses of massive, nuclear destruction in Asia.
A week before the second round in the French presidential election, many voters remain skeptical that either of the two candidates can solve the unemployment problem or tackle security issues.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May predicts the divorce talks with the EU to be complicated after the EU leaders adopted stiff terms and expressed alarm at illusions in London that may undermine a deal.
The 27 EU countries' leaders unanimously adopt the guidelines on Brexit negotiations with the UK, European Council President reported.
Five suspected members of Yemen's Al-Qaeda branch were killed on Sunday in what local authorities said it was a US drone strike east of the capital Sanaa.
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the Islamic State group in the key town of Tabqa near the jihadist bastion of Raqa in northern Syria, a monitor reported today.
Russian authorities have detained dozens of protesters at rallies demanding that the President Vladimir Putin should not seek re-election next year.
Two Army Rangers killed during a raid on an Islamic State compound in eastern Afghanistan may have died as a result of friendly fire during the opening minutes of the fierce.
All eight Cuban military members aboard a plane that crashed on Saturday in a mountainous part of the island have died, the military reported.
A US service member died from wounds sustained in an explosion outside Mosul, where coalition forces tried to drive the IS militants out of their former stronghold, the US military reported.
Five people were killed and nearly 50 people were taken to the hospitals after a series of tornadoes hit East Texas on Saturday.
The President Donald Trump in a "friendly" call has invited the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to the White House to discuss the importance of the US-Philippines alliance.
Swiss climber Ueli Steck, famed for pioneering new mountaineering routes and setting speed records, was found dead on Mount Everest on Sunday morning, officials reported.