The Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani plans to step down on November 1 after an independence referendum he championed triggered economic and military retaliation from Iraq's central government.
Iraq and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters began the second round of talks on Sunday to resolve a dispute about Kurdistan's border crossings, as reported by the Iraqi state TV.
The US-based energy corporation Chevron discarded the previous decision to sell its subsidiaries in Bangladesh and leave that market, the company said on Sunday.
The final results of Iceland's snap parliamentary election suggest that the Left-Green Movement is likely to form a slight majority; however, coalition parties are not yet certain.
China plans to establish a new commission in 2018 to aid the President Xi Jinping' s fight against corruption in the government and his Communist Party.
According to Somalia's police, no less than 29 people were reported to be dead after the al Shabaab terrorists attacked a hotel in the centre of Mogadishu on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Finance Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki said that the government wants to be sure that the Euro Zone is strong and capable to solve its imminent problems before deciding whether to join the monetary union.
Turkey reported on Sunday that the police detained more than 60 people in the anti-terror operations with suspected links to the Islamic State.
The US President Donald Trump reported he would release almost all documents connected with the 1963 assassination of the President John Kennedy.
According to a poll data that was published on Sunday, Catalonia's independence parties were loosing the parliamentary majority at the election.
A Russian helicopter that was missing had been found on the seabed off Norway's Svalbard archipelago, with eight people on board presumed to be dead, rescue crews reported on Sunday.
Queensland is planning to go to the polls on 25 November, with Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Premier Minister, confirming the poll date on Sunday morning.
The Government House reported on Sunday morning that Sir Ninian Stephen, the former Australian Governor General, has died in Melbourne at age 94.
Unidentified gunmen abducted the Deputy Governor of Afghanistan's Kunar province, in Pakistan, yet no group had claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
At least 23 people died in a horrible gun battle that had erupted at a hotel in Somali right after militants stormed the building ramming a car bomb into the gates.
According to Iranian President Rouhani, the country would continue missile production for the defence purpose, as he did not consider it as a violation of the international accords.
According to Deutsche Telekom CEO Hoettges, the company would enhance the competition, as T-Mobile US was seeking to initiate negotiations regarding merger with Sprint Corp.
Cuba is likely to simplify travel to the island for its US-based citizens, aiming to win Cuban Americans support during diplomatic crisis over mysterious health attacks allegations.
Tesla announced that the company was working with the government of Shanghai on the possibility of building a manufacturing facility to serve the China's market, where Tesla sales were growing.
Iranian Central Bank officials stated that Russia and Iran agreed to integrate the countries' banking payment system, and the first stage would be implemented in the next three months.
The United Arab Emirates launched Dubai CommerCity to be the first regional e-commerce free area in the North Africa region and in the Middle East.
Benoit Coeure, the head of the ECB market operations, expressed hopes that the Bank's €2.5 trillion stimulus program would not be extended in September after expiration date.
South Korean September department store sales rose at their strongest growth pace in eleven months of an annual 4.9% amid higher demand ahead of the yearly Chuseok holiday.
Iran is expected to begin barter deal with Russia in the near future, where Moscow would buy 500K barrels per day of Iran's oil in return for Russian goods and equipment.