The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday discussed the US decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal.
The Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will meet the US President Donald Trump on May 16, the White House announces.
The Iran nuclear deal must be saved despite the US decision to withdraw from it, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
British Telecom on Thursday announced its decision to cut a total of 13,000 back office and management jobs over the period of three years.
The Bank of England on Thursday decided to keep interest rates on hold as it wants to be sure that the economy is recovering before increasing borrowing costs.
The meeting between the US President Donald Trump and the DPRK leader Kim Jong Un will be held in Singapore, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms.
The former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 92, achieved a victory in the general election as his coalition Pakatan Harapan secured majority of seats in the parliament.
On Thursday, the governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney claimed that most likely the interest rates in the UK will rise over the course of the nearest few years.
On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal claimed that Apple Inc and Goldman Sachs are planning to launch joint credit card, carrying Apple Pay brand, at the beginning of the next year.
On Thursday, the Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that both sides are working to preserve Iran nuclear deal.
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he will have a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
Royal Dutch Shell has clinched a deal with its MLP Shell Midstream Partners to sell a stake in Amberjack Pipeline for $1.22B, the US pipeline operator announced on Thursday.
Sultan Muhammad V, the Malaysian King, has invited Mahathir Mohamad to establish the new Federal Government, adding he would swear in Mahathir as the Prime Minister at 1330GMT on Thursday.
On Thursday, Viktor Orban has been reelected as the Prime Minister for his third term at this position by the new Hungarian Parliament, following his Fidesz party's victory, which gave it a 2-3 majority in the legislature.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits remained unchanged at 211K in the week ending May 5, while analysts anticipated a surge to 219K.
The British Telecom group BT is set to cut 13K back-office and managerial job positions, moving to a smaller base in London in its efforts to revive from an accounting row and make the firm more efficient.
Iraq is planning to shut down its border crossings and airports for 24 hours on May 12 during the election, the first held in the country after it defeated the Islamic State militants.
On Thursday, Canada's retailer Tire said it would acquire the Norway-based work-wear and sportswear brand Helly Hansen in a C$985M deal, including debt, seeking to add earnings.
France's oil giant Total agreed to acquire up to 50.8M shares in Clean Energy Corp in a deal worth $83.4M, becoming the biggest stockholder with a 25% stake.
The Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp projects an increase in operating profit by 11.7% during this fiscal year due to higher automotive batteries sales.
The price of US WTI crude and Brent futures rose to new highs on Thursday, as the market projected tighter supply in response to possible US sanctions against Iran.
On Wednesday, Britain's investor I Squared Capital agreed to acquire the trailer leasing firm TIP Trailer Service from the Chinese company HNA Group.
On Thursday, France's manufacturing group Alstom announced it had clinched a deal with General Electric to exit three energy joint ventures in payment return of $3.08B.
Azora Altus, the Spanish property manager, has dropped its debut and decided to postpone the initial public offering on Spain's stock exchange due to an uncertainty arisen from the Blackstone's bid for Hispana real-estate unit.