The European Union is eager to negotiate with Britain over a free trade deal before the official agreement on the final Brexit terms.
Samsung Electronics reported on Friday that its Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee earned $1.02M in the final quarter of 2016.
The Euro zone's finance ministers advised the EU and the IMF to continue talks over Greece's bailout in the city of Athens, official sources reported on Friday.
On Friday, the Court of China imprisoned two local activists who backed the Hong Kong democracy protests as they were found guilty of subverting the government power.
22 people dead and dozens wounded amid the explosion near the women's entrance of the Shia mosque in Pakistani city of Parachinar.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wrote an official letter to the British PM Theresa May demanding her allowance to hold a second Scottish independence referendum ahead of Brexit.
Norway's PM Erna Solberg will make her first visit to China next week since both countries have revitalised diplomatic relations with intention to meet the Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate on a free trade.
According to the survey presented on Friday, about 40% of foreigners leaving in Japan and seeking housing or job face frequent rejections during the last five years, which indicate the high level of discrimination in the society.
On Friday, five people including the Hardline Muslim group leader Muhammad Al Khaththath were arrested in Indonesia as they were suspected treason linked to planned protest by Muslims demanding the removal of Jakarta's Christian governor.
On Thursday evening, Malaysia sent home three North Korean suspects in Kim Jong Nam murder and the body of the victim in a coffin as the country agreed on a swap deal.
The Mexican drug king Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is held in the US prison with no access to his relatives, sunlight or fresh air, being watched for 23h with the lights on amid his two jail breaks in Mexico.
The world's third-largest smartphone maker Huawei reported it would strive to maintain an operating income margin of 7% going forward.
On Friday, Apple won a battle with Australian banks, which were trying to force the company to offer them access to its ApplePay technology.
Lockheed Martin won a $1.6B contract for the Counter Fire Target Acquisition Radar System, the Pentagon reported on Thursday.
On Friday, China's largest smartphone maker Huawei reported that its net profit rose just 0.4% in 2015-2016, its slowest rate of annual profit growth since 2011.
The British government said thousands of the EU laws will be scrapped or replaced with UK equivalents to provide clarity and certainty to the people on the country's plans after the Brexit.
The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed responsibility for the twin bombings that killed more than 30 and wounded dozens more.
Early on Friday, a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for the country's ex-President Park Geun-hye. She is to be held in custody for 20 days, while the investigation over the bribery scandal is in progress.
On Thursday, the Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan stated that he and most of other Fed policymakers anticipated two more rate hikes by the end of the year.
The United States has added seven foreign nationals to the specially designated the US global counter-terrorism list.
Three men from Kosovo and an unidentified minor have been arrested in Venice on suspicion of plotting to blow up the city's celebrated Rialto Bridge.
The world's oldest and most experienced spacewoman, Peggy Whitson, broke another record on Thursday as she floated out of the International Space Station to set up a new parking spot.
Three alleged international human traffickers who are suspected of smuggling recruits for the IS and helping to finance the group have been arrested in a town on Kenya's coast.
On Thursday, the Islamic State reported in its online newspaper al-Nabaa that it was responsible for two suicide bomber attacks in Damascus back on March 15, which claimed the lives of more than 31 people.