On Monday, the Zambia police officers reported that eight people died and 28 were injured in the food stampede in Lusaka as a crowd of thousand people pushed to access food assistance organised by the Church of Christ in a sports complex.
Greece missed its economy expectations with the lower-than-expected performance for the fourth quarter of 2016, showing a 1.2% slide in economic output.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday she would write to the European Council President Donald Tusk this month to begin the two-year exit process from the EU under Article 50.
On Monday, the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson stated that none of Russian Western allies were eager to start the cold war with Russia; however, Russia should show it can be trustworthy again.
Britain is eager to cooperate with PSA Group in order to build the long-term success of the UK Vauxhall plants following the carmaker's assurance to respect the Vauxhall commitments.
On Monday, the military spokesman reported that the US-backed Iraqi soldiers gained control over the Western side of the al-Hurriya bridge in Mosul that leads to the old city centre held by the Islamic State.
The former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is eager to meet Francois Fillon and another member of the Republicans Alain Juppe over the Fillon presidential election campaign recession.
The US travel reservations dropped 6.5% right after the President Donald Trump imposed his travel ban in January; the index has recovered after ban's suspension by the Court, however, the bookings still remain at a low level.
On Monday, PSA Group has come to the agreement with General Motors to buy Opel for $2.3B and bring it back to profitability together with the UK Vauxhall Motors brand.
According to the South Korea Special Prosecutor office, the President Park Geun-hye was involved in confederation with her friend Choi Soon-sil in order to receive bribes from Samsung for the conglomerate's CEO Jay Y. Lee succession.
A Tennessee farm signed to Tyson Food Inc. has discovered a severe chicken flu and is about to cull out 73.5K of birds to prevent the strain outspread among the US food system.
Chinese media sources reported on Monday that the state would increase its defence budget 7% to $151.43 billion this year.
On Monday, Kazakhstan's parliament amended the country's constitution to restrict presidential powers in favour of those exercised by the cabinet and lawmakers.
Chinese officials said on Monday that the state would continue taking necessary measures to boost private investment.
A senior Republican lawmaker said on Sunday that details of the Obamacare replacement bill would probably be announced this week.
The Japanese Defence Minister reported on Monday that three out of the four ballistic missiles launched by North Korea landed just 300 km away from Japan's coast.
Iran tested successfully the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system it bought from Russia. The countries signed a contract in 2007, but it was suspended to 2010. In 2015, Russian lifted the ban for receiving S-300, and in November 2016 the contract came into force.
The US President Donald Trump accused the former president Barack Obama of wire tapping him during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, but provided no evidence to back the allegation.
Russia stands ready to continue fighting the Islamic State even without the US, the Russian presidential press secretary said, after Donald Trump pointed that he might shelve his plan to pursue a deal with the Kremlin on national security measures.
The Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al Ja'afri said that following a 10-day talks in Geneva the participants agreed on an agenda for the next round of negotiations.
Deutsche Bank's supervisory board will gather to discuss a potential capital boost of around $8,5B. The bank studied a number of strategic measures, including an initial public offering of its minority stakes in its asset management business.
Peugeot is expected to announce a deal to buy Opel from General Motors on Monday after reaching an agreement with the US carmaker. The acquisition will make the French carmaker Europe's second biggest automotive manufacturer after Volkswagen.
The centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron strengthened his status as favourite to win the French presidency as pressure building on his counterpart Francois Fillon who faces a deepening financial scandal.
Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson will visit Moscow to discuss differences between the two countries over Ukraine and Syria, in the first such visit for five years, the Foreign Office said.