The US defence contractor Northrop Grumman is eager to buy rocket and missile maker Orbital ATK for around $7.8B, giving the firm access to lucrative deals with the US Army and NASA.
Iceland has set the snap Parliamentary election for October 28, the country's President Gudni Johannesson stated on Monday, following the collapse of the current government last week.
According to the Bundesbank, Germany's price growth is likely to slow down in the autumn period amid the sharp increases' "base effects" last year; however, core inflation is expected to lift up slightly.
Istat reported on Monday that the Italian trade surplus widened to €6.56B in July, compared to the prior month's €4.50B and topping analysts' expectations for a drop to €3.89B.
The Commerce Ministry of China disclosed on Monday its plan for a four-month crackdown intended to secure intellectual property rights of foreign investors.
The US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that the UN Security Council was lacking tools to limit North Korea's nuclear program.
Chinese Commerce Ministry stated that the bloc's decision to reduce the minimum price of the imported China's solar panels was a "positive step" for market normalisation.
On Monday, the UK cyber-security company Piriform stated that hackers broke into its free software CCleaner and installed a malicious programme that could let them to control about 10M devices.
Hiscox announced that it expected about $150M of net claims based on the $25B insured market loss from the Hurricane Harvey.
Second suspect in the London train explosion that left at least 30 people injured has been arrested by the UK police under the country's terrorism laws on Saturday.
According to the market data, diesel and gasoline prices soared dramatically in North Korea, following the UN imposed sanctions that are capping fuel supply.
The majority of the UK businesses, including Centrica and BT, called for a three-year Brexit transitional deal as the companies seek to protect jobs in the EU and Britain.
In a response to an attack that forced 410K Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, a rights group urged for sanctions and weapon embargo against Myanmar military.
On Monday, Russia and China began naval exercises close to North Korea, just ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting later this week.
Having failed to reach an agreement with General Motors, Canada's Unifor union members went on a strike at the company's Ontario plant.
On Monday, the Chinese insurance regulator said the state was ready to step up its foreign investment risks and insurance funds' capital flows supervision.
On Monday, the Chinese military said a senior space official had been promoted to the position of the leader of the People's Liberation Army's main equipment development department.
According to the data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday, the country's motor vehicle sales were flat over the course of August.
General Motors and Shanghai GM, the company's joint venture in China, are set to recall nearly 3.5M vehicles due to faulty Takata airbags.
Northrop Grumman neared a deal to purchase Orbital, an acquisition which is expected to provide Northrop nearly $4.4B yearly revenue due to Orbital's contracts with NASA and the US Army.
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are expected to meet on Sunday aside from the UN General Assembly meeting.
Snap announced that it was asked by the government of Saudi Arabia to remove Discover Publisher channel of Al Jazeera in the country due to local laws' violation.
British Foreign Minister was accused of Brexit "backseat driving" by the Cabinet colleagues after Johnson has announced his vision of the UK's future after Brexit.
Qatar's Defence Minister stated that the country was willing to purchase 24 Typhoon jets from British BAE Systems after other Gulf countries cut diplomatic links with Qatar.