Exit polls on Sunday revealed that the ruling bloc of the Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is bound to keep a two third majority that is needed to revise the constitution, as intended by the PM.
The Finance Minister of the United Kingdom Hammond has announced on Sunday that he will leave his office on Wednesday before he is sacked by Boris Johnson.
The Iranian government on Sunday issued a warning to the United Kingdom not to escalate tensions that have arisen due to the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker.
On Sunday, New Zealand Police figures revealed that New Zealanders have handed in more than ten thousand guns, their parts and various accessories during the first week of a new weapon buyback scheme.
On Sunday, Ukrainian voters went to the polls to elect a new parliament. The snap election was expected to strengthen the power of the President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
On Sunday, the United States announced that it desires a special forces military cooperation deal with Sri Lanka to get around bureaucracy.
On Sunday, the police of Hong Kong initiated a lock down of the city centre, as it prepared for another mass protest.
On Sunday, Japanese voters went to the polls to vote on changing the country's constitution. The government was expected to change the US-drafted pacifist document.
On Saturday, the UK authorities announced that the government sees the seizure of the British-flagged oil shop by Iran as a hostile act.
Amid a British-flagged oil tanker being held by Iran, on Sunday the Daily Telegraph reported that the British Cabinet of Ministers is planning sanctions against Iran.
The UK Sunday Times reported on Sunday that representatives of the Irish government have been secretly holding talks with Boris Johnson in an effort to avoid a no-deal Brexit.
On Sunday, the UK Sunday Times announced that the Justice Minister of the United Kingdom David Gauke is set to resign on Wednesday.
On Saturday, the National Security Adviser of the United States John Bolton began a tour of South Korea and Japan. Bolton was expected to mediate trade tensions between the two countries.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the newly elected Greek Prime Minister, stated on Saturday that Greece would submit its 2020 budget in the near time this year that would respect fiscal targets, which were agreed with the lenders.
Four Republican lawmakers of the US Congress, including the Committee of House Armed Services, called on the US President Donald Trump to take forward the Pentagon cloud contract, following complaints from various tech companies.
J.C. Penney picked advisers to consider various options on debt restructuring that would grant the money-losing US retailer more time to forge its turnaround, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, held a telephone call with the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo to discuss Russia's S-400 missile system and the US F-35 fighter jet programme, the source of foreign ministry stated on Saturday.
The US President Donald Trump proposed to help easing tensions in the economic and political dispute between South Korea and Japan, as it threatens the smartphones and memory chips global supplies.
The Ryanair Irish pilot union's members are considering whether to join UK colleagues to conduct a strike action ballot in late August, according to a memo spread across the members.
The US Department of Transportation granted its final approval for a joint venture operation by Qantas Airways and American Airlines Group, after the initial effort had been rejected in 2016, according to the Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
On Saturday, Campari, the Italian drinks group, stated it entered exclusive talks to acquire the French liquor firm Rhumantilles, seeking to boost its rum business and expand its footprint in the French market.
Carlos Ghosn has filed a lawsuit against the Japanese carmakers Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan Motor in the Netherlands, who ousted Ghosn as their alliance chairman last year on embezzlement charges, according to Dutch newspaper NRC's report published on Saturday.
On Saturday, the French foreign ministry expressed its concerns over the British oil tanker seizure in the Gulf by Iran, adding that the situation affected de-escalation attempts in the region.
Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Minister, expressed his concerns that Tehran had followed a "dangerous path" after Iran seized the UK oil tanker in the Gulf on Friday.