The Philippines and China joined forces to fight illicit gambling within Beijing's campaign to restrain illegal capital outflows and get rid of unfair gambling operators.
An increase in consumer inflation lowered expectations for the RBA to make another rate cut until 2018, but global retailers' competition is still set to hold prices subdued.
Investors, which have $15T worth assets under control, urged the US led governments to implement the Paris climate agreement despite Trump's threats to quit the deal.
Early projections revealed Emmanuel Macron has been elected the President of France, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen by an emphatic margin.
The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reported Abdul Hasib, the head of the IS in Afghanistan, had been killed in a US drone strike in Nanharhar province.
The Egyptian parliament has passed a postponed investment bill aimed at boosting business and creating more incentives for investors seeking to put their money in the country.
In the Schleswig-Holstein vote on Sunday, Merkel's Christian Democrats managed to defeat their Social Democrat opponents, winning 33% of the vote.
In an attempt to rout ISIS militants from the city of Mosul, the Iraqi Armed Forces faced savage resistance from the group on Sunday.
According to the KCNA, another American citizen has been detained in North Korea on Sunday for alleged "hostile acts" against the country.
In an interview posted on Sunday, the Finance Minister of Brazil Henrique Meirelles said he eyed a presidential veto to a newly introduced tax relief plan.
On Sunday, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam voted for a removal of Dinh La Thang, one of the high-profile politburo's officials, on charges of misconduct.
As many as 26% of eligible voters France are likely to skip participating in runoff presidential election. France's Interior Ministry said the voter turnout was 65.30%, down from 71.96% in 2012.
The former US President Barack Obama will receive the John F. Kennedy Foundation's annual "Profile in Courage Award", honouring his accomplishments during his two terms in the face of tough political opposition.
Britain's Labour Party said middle and low-income earners would not face tax increases to fund its spending plans if it wins June election, with the burden falling on the top 5% earners and big businesses.
The French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is winning runoff presidential polls, counting for support from more than 60% of voters.
Economic complementarity led to win-win results in the US-China ties, as China has comparative advantages in labour-intensive industries, while the US - in the capital-intensive sector, a report showed.
Uber is under a criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice for the use of the software Greyball, which helps evade local transportation regulators.
Australian first-home buyers contribute to the nation's housing affordability crisis by having unrealistic expectations of amenities and house sizes, according to Australia's leading housing developer.
A tendency towards dropping politicised approach to Russia is gaining momentum in the EU, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
China plans to boost the online media development by encouraging eligible websites to go public and to set up new mainstream media institutions and groups during the 2016-2020 timeframe.
Fortune of Britain's 1K wealthiest people increased 14% to a record of $855 billion in the past year, boosted by the country's decision to exit the EU.
Two explosions in the Philippine capital on Saturday night killed at least two people and injured six others.
A Frenchman who was kidnapped in Chad in March and taken to the restive Darfur region of Sudan had been released and was on his way to the capital Khartoum.
The Canadian army has begun to deploy in eastern Canada, where flooding from heavy rain forced new evacuations on Saturday ahead of peak floods expected on Monday or Tuesday.