On Sunday, a first-ever ceasefire period began in Columbia between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the government forces. The armistice is expected to last until January 9, 2018.
On Sunday, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that his country is not interested in the European Union membership anymore. However, Turkey is not willing to unilaterally abandon accession talks with the EU officials, he added.
Macao is set to make more contribution to China's developing strategy while making progress for the special administrative region's long-term prosperity.
As the Spanish government has pledged to stop Catalonia's independence vote, that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional court, clashes have been occurring as police tries to prevent the vote from happening.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said that she had the right strategy to lead the country and win a Brexit deal.
Tens of thousands people marched in Hong Kong in an anti-authoritarian rule march, which called for the resignation of the city's top legal official amid the recent jailing of democracy activists.
The UKIP's new leader Henry Bolton said that the proposed two-year transitional period for exiting the EU was unacceptable and Britain had to be prepared to leave now.
Honda will start recalling more than 245K cars in China due to defective airbags on October 23, China's Consumer Quality Authority announced.
After months of threats and sanctions, North Korea has shown no interest in negotiations on giving up its nuclear programme, the US State Department noted.
The Spanish national police moved to prevent a banned independence referendum in Catalonia, confronting angry voters at some polling stations.
The South Korean central bank's officials are considering a possibility for interest rate hike later this year as the Fed's policy rate could be raised in December.
China's National Anthem Law came into effect October 1 to ensure appropriate performance of the song. Violators can be detained for up to 15 days, even be held criminally liable.
According to the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the United States has a channel to directly communicate with North Korea, which it uses to find out what North Korea wants to discuss.
The Catalan regional government announced that it would permit voters to vote at any open polling station in the region, if their defined polling district was closed.
On Sunday, the Polish government cut retirement age to 65 for men and 60 for women despite a common European trend to consistently increase the pension age due to the increase in life expectancy.
On Saturday, the Polish Parliament has set up an investigative committee whose goal is to calculate the amount of reparations that Germany still owns for Poland's occupation during the World War II.
According to a poll result announced on Saturday, the Brazilian Ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's support increased to 35%, up from 30% in June.
In a meeting with the White House officials this week, members of the Puerto Rican Financial Oversight and Management Board asked for more financial aid to resolve the post-hurricane humanitarian crisis.
On Saturday, the Foreign Ministry of Thailand said that it was "closely following the situation in the Rakhine State with concern" and noted that it would provide aid to Bangladesh and Myanmar.
On Saturday, the White House ordered to put Venezuela, Iran and four other nations to a blacklist of states that failed to suppress human trafficking. The decision was aimed to even more strongly isolate these countries from the US.
The CBI survey showed that the UK economic growth cooled in the three-month period to September, though companies remained upbeat on their near-term outlook.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated that a constructive and strong US-Chine ties are important to the stability and prosperity of the world.
The White House stated it ordered Venezuela, Iran and four African countries to be added to a US list of nations accused of human trafficking failings, isolating them from the US.
South Korea government's data revealed that the country's exports to the main trading partners including US, EU and China all marked double-digit yearly growth over the course of September.