The government of the German state of Lower Saxony dismissed on Sunday allegations that its Premier Stephan Weil had softened his stance towards Volkswagen.
Having been sworn in for his second term as the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani accused the US of attempting to undermine the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
China's e-commerce firm Alibaba and France's luxury company Kering announced they would work together to fight against intellectual property rights infringement.
Local police reported on Sunday afternoon that seventy seven Chinese telephone fraud suspects had been repatriated from Fiji.
On Sunday, Myanmar denied allegations of committing crimes against humanity during a clampdown against Rohingya Muslims back in 2016.
Israeli authorities offered asylum to a Turkey-based blogger of Iranian descent who is believed to be forcibly deported to Iran, where she could be at risk for working for an Israeli news agency.
The senior Xinjiang official Zhang Jinbiao was removed from his position following a probe that revealed he had not been doing enough to fight extremism.
Venezuela's new pro-government assembly has fired the country's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega over alleged "commission of serious misconduct".
According to sources familiar with the matter, at least seven people have been killed by an unknown suicide bomber in the town of Amchide, northern Cameroon.
Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as the Iranian President for the second term and pledged to continue constructive interactive with the international community.
The Chinese Foreign Minister told his North Korean counterpart that Pyongyang had to stop carrying out nuclear and missile tests, hours after new sanctions were adopted by the UN.
Japan marked the 72nd anniversary of the US nuclear attack on Hiroshima. The city's Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged nuclear states, as well as Japan, to join the nuclear weapon ban treaty adopted by the UN.
Foreign ministers from the ASEAN and China approved the Code of Conduct framework in the South China Sea, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
The US President Donald Trump expressed appreciation to Russia and China for support in approval of the resolution of a sanctions regime against North Korea by the UN Security Council.
China's Foreign Minister said that new UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea were the correct response to a series of missile tests, but a dialogue was crucial to solve a sophisticated and sensitive issue.
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been returned to house arrest after being put in military prison for several days.
The Afghan police killed 34 Taliban militants in the northern province of Baghlan, the Interior Ministry says.
Gulf blockade creates new opportunities for a business in Qatar, a local businessman says on condition of anonymity.
A part of the Chinese naval fleet visits Latvia for 3 days after the joint naval drill with Russia in the Baltic Sea.
New sanctions against North Korea are necessary, but countries should aim to resolve issues via talks, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says.
The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea to cut the nation's export revenue after two recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
Mexican government reported that the record amount of Venezuelans sought asylum in the country as economic and political crisis deepened in Venezuela.
Sainsbury's, the second-biggest UK supermarket chain, was considering cutting 1K jobs, aiming to save at least $652M within cost reduction plans.
Apple is preparing to release a redesigned smartwatch this year, which would be capable of directly connecting to cellular networks, reducing the gadget's reliance on the iPhone.