The Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan met with Iceland's Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson in Beijing to discuss ties and cooperation between the countries.
China's fixed-asset investment expands at an average annual growth rate of 20.2%, the National Bureau of Statistics reports.
The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani does not plan to meet the US President Donald Trump at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, sources say.
The business outlook on the Philippine economy for the third quarter of 2018 became less optimistic, the Philippine central bank reports.
Russia is not involved in the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the Kremlin says, rejecting Britain's latest accusations.
Iran's oil exports to the European Union have decreased by half in the past 18 months, the Financial Tribune daily reports.
The Tanzanian President John Magufuli appointed a new Director General of the east African nation's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Fiji Islands on Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
On Wednesday, the pipeline firm EagleClaw Midstream Ventures announced it would acquire its competitor Caprock Midstream Holdings in a deal valued at $950M.
Nestle's unit Nespresso is planning to acquire almost all of the coffee crop from Zimbabwe's small farmers to help boost the struggling local industry, the Swiss group stated on Thursday.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust stated it would acquire LaSalle Hotel Properties in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.2B, just a day after dropping a $4.8B all-cash bid from Blackstone Group.
The European Union has cleared Apple's planned purchase of Shazam, Britain's music discovery app, as the antitrust inquiry showed it would not affect the bloc's competition.
The Royal bank of Canada stated it was interested in making more acquisitions in America, after it had bought the LA-based City National, despite current valuations are making deals challenging.
The world's biggest lithium producer Albemarle is considering buying its rival FMC's lithium unit in case its IPO stumbles this fall, top executive reported on Wednesday.
Brazil's unit of AES is thinking over a bidding for Renova Energia's wind farm, AES CEO stated on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the US court has blocked the pending acquisition of the Saudi Arabian Cristal's titanium dioxide business arm by the chemical maker Tronox.
The start-up special bank providing property and business loans OakNorth has been valued at $2.3B following a $100M funding round.
CatchMark Timber Trust is considering an all-stock bid to acquire Phaunos Timber Fund in a deal that could be potentially valued at $850M, the real-estate firm stated on Thursday.
A police investigation in the US against the CEO of JD.com Richard Liu has impacted the company's stock price, as investors have sold their holdings.
A new messenger app Bullet Messenger has been recently gaining millions of downloads in Chinese mainland, as it takes on WeChat in China.
Delta Air Lines is seeking for buyers for a stake in the refining subsidiary Monroe Energy, hiring two investment banks to manage the sale.
Canada's second-largest insurance firm Great-West Lifeco is considering to sell its insurance contracts portfolio worth as much as $2.0B, sources reported on Wednesday.
Yunji Weidian, China's e-commerce portal, has tapped investment banks for its planned initial public offering in the United States next year.
China's Dalian Wanda Group is thinking over cutting its stake in the world's biggest cinema operator AMC Entertainment Holdings, sources reported.