Swiss voters rejected the overhaul of the corporate tax system and forced the government to reconsider the abolishment of the ultra low tax rates for multinational firms.
On Sunday, the French financial prosecutor's office stated that no decision has been made regarding the presidential candidate Fillon's wife and the allegation of fake work.
It was announced certain that Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who has prioritized the country becoming part of the developed world, will become the president of Turkmenistan for the third consecutive time on Sunday.
An anti-corruption operation in Nigeria resulted in recovery of 177 million dollars which had been stolen before, government officials claimed on Sunday.
Antonio Guterres, the U.N. Secretary-General did not comply with pressures from the Houthi group in Yemen and claimed that the UN ambassador which became unpopular after certain statements has his support.
The former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo who is accused of corruptive activities in his homeland will not be allowed to enter Israel until the matter is solved.
Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is also the German ex-Foreign Minister, became the country's twelfth post-war president on Sunday as reported by global media.
The leader of the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told media on Sunday that the organization strongly supports the Syrian ceasefire or any other option that would lead to stability.
The Italian ex-Prime Minister Mateo Renzi said that he would push for a leadership race ahead of the Presidential Election which could cause a delay.
North Korea launched its first ballistic missile since the new US administration was inaugurated Sunday morning with Washington implying that a response is to come.
Citizens of Switzerland voted in favour of facilitating third-generation immigrants to obtain a citizenship in the country despite proposed security risks.
The Hamburg airport in northern Germany was closed on Sunday after staff found an unidentified substance that lead to eye irritation during security check.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry reported that no less than five demonstrators had been killed and 174 wounded in Saturday grapples with the state security forces in Baghdad.
The Gulf Cooperation Council is planning to adopt a 5% value-added tax in the beginning of 2018 in spite of technical and administrative barriers.
The Vice Governor of the quake-hit province Surigao del Norte said that the country's authorities had started restoring water and electricity supplies in the southern region.
In a statement released on Sunday, the South Korean military said that the ballistic rocket fired by North Korea presumably was an upgraded Musudan missile version.
Bushfires caused by extreme heat and stiff winds forced Australian authorities order evacuation of several rural areas in New South Wales today.
The Energy Minister of the UAE said on Sunday that compliance with the oil production cut deal by the OPEC and non-OPEC countries had been high over the month of January.
A Second World War bomb was discovered during gas station excavation works, forcing thousands of people abandon their homes in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
On Sunday, an Indian police official reported that two soldiers, four militants and a nonmilitary citizen had been killed in an armed grapple in Kashmir, India.
A special prosecutor will again summon Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee over allegations including bribery and embezzlement.
Switzerland holds a referendum on Sunday on whether to simplify naturalization of third-generation immigrants.
The Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is certain to win a third term in office in an election on Sunday.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday, the first missile test since the US President Donald Trump took office.