The Information Minister of Eritrea Yemane Meskel said on Saturday Semere Russom has been appointed as the first country's ambassador to neighbouring Ethiopia in twenty years.
Peruvian parliamentarian Vicente Zeballos on Saturday was chosen to replace scandal-hit Salvador Heresi as the new Minister of Justice of Peru.
The President of China Xi Jinping landed in Senegal on Saturday to sign trade and cooperation agreements and then continue his tour in other African countries.
The President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on Saturday members of the new government, most of which consists of ministers from Raul Castro's term.
The Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda released a statement on Saturday in which he urged world leaders to avoid trade war, saying that stable FX market is beneficial for everybody.
The board of Fiat Chrysler on Saturday selected Mike Manley to replace the company's CEO Sergio Marchionne who could not continue to perform his duties amid health problems.
The Supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated on Saturday that resumption of negotiations with the United States would be an apparent mistake.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Chinese giants Tencent and Alibaba are participating in negotiations over acquisition of a stake in WPP's Chinese unit.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the Chief Executive Officer of Fiat and Ferrari Sergio Marchionne will leave his post amid complications that have aroused after surgery.
On Saturday, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde said that Argentina "unequivocally" makes the progress on the goal to cut fiscal deficit.
On Saturday, the International Monetary Fund informed that tariffs imposed by the US President Donald Trump after a trade dispute with China significantly slows the growth of global economy.
On Friday, the Prime Minister of the UK Theresa May called on the EU to strike a deal to prevent the hard border between Ireland and the Northern Ireland.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed that despite the stress abroad and home, she would like to keep working on "under pressure" relationships between Germany and the White House.
On Saturday, the President of France Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed joined humanitarian efforts in the Syrian eastern Ghouta province.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that the Security Council of the UN stands united in denuclearisation of the North Korea and that economic sanctions is the key instrument for that.
On Saturday, the head of German think-tank IMK Gustav Horn claimed that tariffs imposed by the US President Donald Trump are likely to cost Germans up to €20B.
On Saturday, the supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported the idea of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to block exports of Gulf oil if Iranian exports are stopped.
Telecom operators in Russia will need to increase their prices by 10% to cover costs caused by the implementation of the new security law, which orders telecoms to store all user's data for at least 6 months.
The US rejected the proposal from Russia to organise a referendum on the South-East of Ukraine to decide the future of the region, adding that it would not be legitimate since the area is not controlled by Ukrainian government.
On Friday, The Financial Times reported that British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline considers group's break-up after investors pressed pharma giant to spin off the consumer division.
On Friday, the President of the US Donald Trump warned that the White House is ready to impose additional tariffs on $500B of import from China, escalating a trade war between the US and China.
According to a Russian defence official, Russia has given the United States a plan on Syrian refugees return from camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
The Foreign Ministry of Turkey said on Friday it was ready to normalize relations with the Netherlands and return ambassador back to The Hague.
After the Japanese Parliament on Friday passed a law clarifying regulation of casinos, local companies are expected raise their stakes in the country's first resorts.