The PMI for the China's services sector came in at 54.0 points in April, down from 55.1 observed in the preceding month, an official data showed.
South Korea already made efforts to reduce trade surplus with US, said Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho, referring to Trump's intention to renegotiate the free trade deal.
One-in-five British chemical companies are considering registering elsewhere in the EU over Brexit fears, in a move that could cost jobs and investment.
Russia supported China's offer on the suspension of missile and nuclear tests by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and of joint military drills by the US and South Korea at the UN Security Council.
The British Minister for leaving the EU said that the country was preparing for the most complicated talks in a lifetime after the EU outlined a tough approach to Brexit negotiations.
The French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen reconsidered her stance on a timetable of dumping the Euro, a week before the second round of voting with pro-EU counterpart Emmanuel Macron being the favourite.
Turkey blocked the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, referring to a law, which allows to ban access to websites considered obscene or a threat to national security.
Iran's Oil Minister said that OPEC and non-OPEC countries gave positive signals for an extension of oil output cuts for the second half of 2017, which Tehran would also support.
The European Council President Donald Tusk will seek talks with the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at a NATO summit in Brussels on May 25, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
France's President Francois Hollande urged the French to support the centrist Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election for the sake of France and Europe.
The EU leaders approved a set of divorce terms for Britain at a summit, adopting eight pages of negotiating guidelines unanimously.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she and the US President Donald Trump had built a good working relationships, despite their different points of view.
The EU leaders promised to embrace the Northern Ireland into the union if a referendum unites it with the Republic of Ireland.
The French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen chose Nicholas Dupont-Aignan, defeated in the first round, as her Prime Minister, hoping to attract his voters and help her win the centrist Manuel Macron.
North Korea's decision to test-fire a ballistic missile represents a grave threat to Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says, calling on the United States and China to keep up pressure on Pyongyang.
Turkish army has claimed killing 14 Kurdish militants during cross-border clashes with Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Russia warned that military options to address the threat from North Korea's nuclear and ballistic programs were completely unacceptable and would have catastrophic consequences.
A car bomb at a police station in central Baghdad killed four policemen and wounded eight late Friday night, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials.
Donald Trump has condemned North Korea as "disrespecting the wishes of China" after Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile despite rising tensions in the region.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines early Saturday, damaging several buildings and injuring two. Panicked residents fled the coast following a tsunami warning was later lifted.
Air China announced the launch of two new routes between Beijing-Astana and Beijing-Zurich in June to provide direct connections between China, Kazakhstan and Switzerland.
The sprawling American investigation of bribery and corruption in international soccer has reached into Asia and claimed the first guilty plea from a senior official in the new FIFA leadership.
In his "100-day action plan" Donald Trump referred to his overarching macroeconomic goals, that he would grow the US economy by 4% per year and create at least 25M new jobs over a decade.
The first freight train linking China directly to the United Kingdom arrived in the eastern Chinese city on Saturday after a 7,500-mile trip, becoming the world's second-longest rail route.