On Monday, the two conservative parties of Germany, the CDU and the CSU, confirmed they had picked Angela Merkel to run for chancellor in 2017 federal election.
The Kremlin expressed its disagreement with Donald Trump over his Iran evaluation as Russia maintains a co-operative association with Tehran.
119 people confirmed to be dead and 89 more injured amid the avalanches that hit 22 Afghanistan provinces on Sunday.
On the back of the bird flu strain spread across the Europe, the Czech government required to cull out about 20K of ducks and other domestic fowl.
The Kremlin asked for an apology for the Russian President Vladimir Putin as a Fox News journalist called Putin a "killer" during the interview with Donald Trump.
Following the Samsung fiasco with Galaxy Note 7 battery explosions, South Korea is eager to apply stricter rules for Li-ion batteries manufacturing.
China proceeds a probe of the Chinese intelligence agency ex-Vice President suspected in power abuse and bribery.
Facebook & Google put on a drive against fabricated news in France, vowing to take control over publications of some leading news agencies on their platforms.
Somalia's militant group al Shabaab members publicly executed four people accused of espionage for the Somalian government and their allies.
The official data showed that Japanese overall wage growth had slowed in December, with cash wages inching up a modest 0.1% compared to a 0.5% increase in November.
The state media announced that the first C919 passenger aircraft made by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China would make its first flight within the first half of 2017.
On Monday, the Afghan diplomat was killed by a guard in the Afghan consulate in the city of Karachi, south of Pakistan, for unknown reasons.
On Sunday, the President Donald Trump announced that the voter fraud panel will be chaired by the US Vice President Mike Pence.
The US President Donald Trump criticised the federal judge on travel ban order blocking, saying the court stymies his plan of immigration control.
Somalia's militant group al Shabaab members publicly executed four people accused of espionage for the Somalian government and their allies.
The official data showed that Japanese overall wage growth had slowed in December, with cash wages inching up a modest 0.1% compared to a 0.5% increase in November.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the country's retail sales slid 0.1% in the month of December, falling short of expectations for a 0.3% rise.
Ryanair's Q3 net profits slid as much as 8%, falling to €94.7M from €102.7M posted a year ago on the back of overcapacity in the industry.
According to the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of Russia, Iran, Turkey and the UN have started a Syrian ceasefire meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Having posted the fourth straight annual revenue drop, the South Korean carmaker Hyundai said it had promoted fewer executives in 2016.
In a response to the Philippine Mining Minister Regina Lopez's decision to shut down 23 mines, the mining industry spokesperson said that the move was "illegal and unfair".
The PM of Australia Malcolm Turnbull is under threat of losing his leading position, as support for his party has dropped to the lowest point since he assumed power in 2015.
On Monday, Toyota and Suzuki, the two largest Japanese automakers, are set to bring out their cooperation that will likely include new technology development.
According to the Beijing-based media group Caixin, the Chinese services PMI slid modestly to 53.1 in the month of January, down from 53.4 points registered in the preceding month.