The Pentagon stated on Saturday that the country would hold the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military drills with South Korea despite the recent progress made in normalisation of relations with North Korea.
On Sunday, the value of TA-125 and Tel Aviv 35 indices increased by 0.5%, thus ignoring news about a possible indictment of the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Saturday that it was ready to discuss resolution of the Venezuelan crisis with the United States on the basis of the UN Charter.
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated on Sunday that the conflict with India should be solved through dialogue and the use of other diplomatic means.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Venezuela Ruben Dario Molina stated on Saturday that the government and the people were ready to defend their homeland in case of foreign invasion.
The self-proclaimed leader of Venezuela, Juan Guaido stated on Saturday that he would return back to Caracas after a trip to Ecuador.
On Sunday, the Confederation of British Industry stated that Britain firms reported their weakest growth since April 2013 during the last three months, because of fears of no-deal Brexit.
On Sunday, Brexit supporters gave the UK Prime Minister Theresa May three tests for EU deal to ensure their support.
The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US Dollar is too strong and it hurts the United State's competitiveness.
On Saturday, the US President Donald Trump said that North Korea has no economic future if it acquires nuclear weapons.
On Saturday, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey plans to cut the inflation rate by 6 or 7%. However, he did not clarify how to reach the goal.
The Chief Financial Officer of Germany's utility EnBW Thomas Kusterer said on Saturday that the company plans to expand further in solar power and energy trading.
The Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani started a two-day official trip to Tunisia, the Tunisian government says.
The unemployment rate in Japan increased to 2.5% in January from 2.4% in December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications says.
Exports from South Korea declined for a third consecutive month to $39.56B in February on weak demand for local semiconductors, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy reports.
The Indian economy expanded 6.6% in the last quarter of 2019, the slowest increase in a year, the Central Statistics Office reports.
Exports of palm oil and derived products from Indonesia increased to 3.25M tons in January, an increase of 4% from the prior month, the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association says.
South Sudan's telecom regulatory body increased local and international call rates by 40% following the depreciation of the South Sudanese pound.
Kenya issued $500M of long term debt at 12.2% on Friday as the country seeks funds to finance infrastructure projects, the Central Bank of Kenya reports.
Kenya plans to invest $26B in the housing sector by 2022 to provide affordable housing, the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development James Macharia says.
The Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the Senior Adviser to the US President Donald Trump Jared Kushner discussed Israel and Palestine relations and bilateral trade.
A team of experts from the International Monetary Fund will visit Ukraine to discuss economic developments and implementation of reforms, the IMF Resident Representative Goesta Ljungman reports.
Ukraine has raised $602M through Deutsche Bank under the guarantee of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry reports.
The Swiss economy grew 2.5% in 2018 as the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors showed strong performance, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs reports.