On Friday, the US senior military commander in Afghanistan said that the decision to drop the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US's arsenal was a reasonable tactical move.
Iran's local media reported on Friday that the President Hassan Rouhani would run for the second term in the May presidential race.
China's banks surprisingly received fewer credits in March as the government attempts to curb risks from build-up in debt as well as in an overheating real estate market.
News about the passenger being removed by force from United Airlines' aircraft caused its stock selloff, which erased $570M in market capitalization.
An anonymous source on Friday slipped information that Toshiba Corporation is most likely going to get a total of one trillion yen in loans. The reason for that is the fact that the company will use as collateral its memory chip division.
The presidential election of France seems to be tightening, if the polls are to be believed. Nearly almost a week before the people are set to vote the four leading candidates are only three percentage points apart on the polls.
On Friday, Fiat Chrysler's CEO Sergio Marchionne stated that the first quarter of the year was the weakest year for the company, however, the goals for 2017 and 2018 remained unchanged.
On Friday, French judges asked to strip Marine Le Pen from her parliamentary immunity, amid the investigation of her alleged misuse EU funds.
Asian shares and the South Korean Won were in turmoil on Friday in response to economic uncertainty caused by North Korea.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said today that irreversible actions in the Korean peninsula need to be prevented. The statement was released amid concerns of North Korea's sixth nuclear test and indications that the forbearing political strategy of the US may come to an end.
South Korean authorities inform that no explosives were discovered at Samsung Life HQ in Seoul, following a report received earlier this morning.
The United States killed on Friday at least 36 militants suspected to be members of the Islamic State, releasing the most massive non-nuclear device ever used in a battle. The Afghan Defence Ministry reassures that no civilians were hurt in the strike.
The New York-based alternative asset management company Blackstone Group said it was in advanced negotiations to buy Ascend Learning for over $2B, including debt.
General Motors reported it was planning to invest $14M in its California facility and create 1100 positions over the next five years.
Due to tensions with North Korea being on the rise lately, Mike Pence, the US Vice President has scheduled a visit to South Korea in order to reassure the US commitment to the country as an ally.
Rising uncertainty over North Korea and the potential for another nuclear test led the US Dollar to lose value on Friday amid demand for the Yen, which might lead to a weekly close in the red zone.
Apple intends to invest in Toshiba's chip company it is currently selling, and the investment is estimated around several billion US dollars, NHK reported on Friday.
Uber was recommended to pay 1.13 million US dollars in fines for failing to probe reports from clients about drivers being drunk on the job.
Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors expected difficulties in selling 1M vehicles in China with total 52% sales slump amid political tension.
China's military force could not deal with tension over North Korea, which was urged to halt nuclear weapons program and cooperate with Chinese defense.
Michel Temer, the President of Brazil, denied that there was a meeting with an executive of Odebrecht SA, who provided an illegal 40$ million payment to his party in 2010.
Shares of Tesla inched nearly 3% higher during Thursday's New York trading session, after Musk announced that new planned commercial truck would be unveiled in September.
At least 24 people were killed and nine were injured in southwestern Mexico after a bus crashed into a fuel tanker truck that exploded.
Opinion polls released on Thursday showed that 51.5% of Turks would vote "Yes" in the constitutional referendum on Sunday aimed at increasing the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's power.