Qatar signed a $12 billion deal to purchase F-15 fighter jets from the US, Qatar's Ministry of Defence reported on Wednesday. The deal was made in spite of President Trump recently blaming Qatar for supporting terrorism.
Late on Wednesday, the Turkish Foreign Minister was sent to Qatar to attempt to mend the relationship between Qatar and the surrounding Gulf Arab states. Those countries accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and imposed sanctions on the state.
US officials are accusing the North Korea's government for a range of cyberattacks in 2009 against financial sector, aerospace and media around the World and in the US.
The Federal Reserve unveiled plan to start gradually diminishing its bond holdings by the end of 2017, which is likely to cause an increase in long-term interest rates.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's employment rate dropped unexpectedly to 5.5% in May, below expectation for an unchanged reading of 5.7%.
New Zealand's GDP rose at a seasonally adjusted 0.5% in the Q1, following the preceding quarter's 0.4%, while analysts anticipated a 0.7% increase in the reported period.
A car bomb has detonated outside a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least nine people and wounding several others, police reported.
A gunman opened fire during an early morning baseball practice for Republican members of Congress on Wednesday, reportedly firing dozens of shots at a field in Alexandria, where least five were wounded.
Nokia on Wednesday unveiled the world's most powerful internet routing platforms that ensured modern networks would be faster, safer and dramatically more adaptable.
The Egyptian parliament approved on Wednesday the demarcation of the maritime border with Saudi Arabia, which includes handing over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
Iran reported that the country's security forces killed two alleged "terrorists" in a shootout around the city of Chabahar in the southeastern Iran and arrested five others.
The US central bank, as widely expected, voted on Wednesday to raise interest rates for the second time in three months by another quarter point to between 1 and 1.25%.
The US State Secretary Rex Tillerson reported on Wednesday that the White House was committed to the One-China policy and would sustain its commitment to Taiwan as well.
On Wednesday, Barclays kept its official US GDP Q2 growth forecast unchanged at 2.0% despite the release of weak retail sales and inflation figures.
Morgan Stanley reported on Tuesday that it was developing a digital mortgage application tool to facilitate the home loan process.
The EIA reported that US crude oil inventories dropped 1.7M barrels in the week ended June 9, following the prior week's rise of 3.3M barrels but falling behind analysts' expectations for a 2.3M-barrel decline.
The Census Bureau reported that business inventories in the United States fell 0.2% in April after a similar drop in March, whereas analysts anticipated a decline of 0.1%.
The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index for the UK dropped 0.3% in April, following the preceding month's upwardly revised fall of 0.1%.
Jessica Rosenworcel is likely to become the FCC commissioner for the second time as the US President Donald Trump had put her forward as a candidate on Tuesday.
The Bureau of Labour Statistics reported on Wednesday that the United States' core consumer price index remained unchanged at 0.1% in May, while analysts anticipated a slight rise to 0.2%.
On Wednesday, Qatar Airways stated that the majority of its network was unaffected by the airspace restrictions imposed by its neighbour Gulf states.
The Census Bureau reported on Wednesday that retail sales in the United States dropped 0.3% in May from the prior month's unrevised 0.4% reading, missing analysts' expectations for a 0.1% gain.
No less than six people, including children, are reported to be dead, while 74 others got injured as a 24-story high-rise block burst into flames in the central London on Wednesday.
According to the ONS, the unemployment rate in the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 4.6% in April, meeting analysts' expectations.