On Friday, Samsung Electronics announced that its 2017 first quarter's profit beat expectations and grew nearly 50% compared to the same period last year.
When asked about North Korea's nuclear programme, the US President Donald Trump said he was ready to act alone in case China does not help on the matter.
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, spoke over the phone with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the matter of the Syrian poison gas attack.
The PM of the Republic of Ireland Enda Kenny said that whatever the outcome of Brexit talks, he saw "no return to a hard border" between Ireland and the British province.
Twitter shares plunged 1.14% on the NYSE on Thursday, following the announcement that Ev Williams, Twitter co-founder, is selling some of his stake in the company.
The European Parliament called on Russia to release the opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was arrested over resisting police orders in anti-corruption protests in Moscow last month.
On Thursday, the biggest US cable provider Comcast Corp announced it was launching a new wireless service that would provide clients with a limitless data plan.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry's spokesperson reported 100 Dutch nationals of Turkish descent, many of whom have publicly expressed criticism of the President Erdogan, were being barred from exiting Turkey.
The White House announced that Mike Pence, the US Vice President, would go on an official 10-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region to deliberate about issues of mutual interest.
Data released by the US Labour Department revealed that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits plummeted 25K to settle at 234K over the last week.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would seek to ensure the best deal for Gibraltar, highlighting no sovereignty talks will be held without consent of its citizens.
The US House Rules Committee's spokesperson said that the House panel had agreed to consider tweaks to the delayed healthcare bill before legislators go on a two-week break.
On Thursday, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk met with the British PM Theresa May in London, as the two sides seek to reduce tensions in Brexit negotiations.
On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee postponed a planned vote on the President Donald Trump's candidate for the US Trade Representative amid quorum lack among the committee members.
The Court of Italy suspended the Trans Adriatic Pipeline work that would bring gas of the central Asia into Europe as there was a need to remove oil trees standing in the way of the pipeline construction works.
The EU Parliament decided to support the easing of travel requirements for Ukrainians by approving visa-free travel, which, however, does not give them a permit to work in the EU.
On Thursday, an explosion was heard in the St. Petersburg's residential house where explosive items were found earlier that day; however, no person got hurt, Reuters reported.
On Thursday, the Libyan coastguard clashed with the suspected migrant smugglers, leaving four of them dead off the Western Libya.
7-Eleven operator is eager to buy petrol stations and convenience stores from the Japanese retailer Sunoco for the price of $3.3B as the Japanese company shuts down, moving to the North America with intention to reach 10K outlets.
Strong windstorms and heavy rainfalls together with demolishing tornadoes hit the Southeast and Midwest parts of the United States, leaving at least two people dead.
On Wednesday, Twitter launched a new "Lite" version, promising it would be 30% faster and 70% less data-heavy than its standard app, designed mostly for users with sporadic or slow Internet connections.
Several suspects believed to be accomplices of the recent metro bombing in St. Petersburg were detained by the Russian authorities.
According to a certain report released on Thursday, out of all 50 US states particularly ten would suffer the most from the proposed border tax if it became law.
According to the TASS media agency, Russian authorities defused an explosive device in St. Petersburg's residential house on Thursday after evacuating all the people leaving in the building.