The Cabinet of Japan imposed new unilateral sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals in a bid to further pressure North Korea over its nuclear missile program.
France would assist in reconciliation and reconstruction efforts in post-IS Iraq, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday.
North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, a week after the country was praised by the US for showing "restraint" in its weapons program.
The Iraqi military forces captured several neighbourhoods of Tal Afar, a city in the northwestern Iraq previously controlled by the Islamic State.
Victims of the latest attack on a Shiite mosque in Kabul accuse the Afghan government of failing to protect them.
The British police reported on Saturday about a knifeman who was arrested after the assault on two police officers outside Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace residence in London.
The funeral for Kian Loyd delos Santos where participated more than a thousand people turned into the largest single demonstration against the President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war.
Indian authorities reported they have cancelled about 300 trains and arrested hundreds of people after a deadly "godman" protests where at least 29 people died.
The government of Sweden pulled two tax increase proposals in order to prevent potential no-confidence waves and gain a budget that would be accepted before next year's election.
The Deputy Assistant to the US President Donald Trump Sebastian Gorka has been forced out of his position at the White House, sources close to the matter reported.
On Saturday, thousands of Australians rallied in support of same-sex marriage in the country's second largest city of Melbourne ahead of the upcoming postal survey on legalising same-sex marriage.
North Korea launched several missiles from its eastern coast into the sea on Saturday, as the US and South Korea began annual military exercises.
On Saturday, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and the country's Defence Minister Florence Parly arrived in Baghdad to discuss with Iraq's leaders the war against the Islamic State.
The Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed possible solutions to the Gulf crisis with the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday.
The hurricane Harvey hit South Texas as a category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and the likelihood of flooding, leaving thousands without power.
A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the southern coast of Yemen during a training mission with one service member missing following the incident.
Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled to Dubai, facing a possible 10-year jail term in the home country.
The Philippines transport regulator stated that it would cancel a one-month Uber suspension, if the company pays a fine of $3.7M, which is 20 times higher than Uber offered before.
Chinese Commerce Ministry banned North Korean enterprses and individuals from doing business in the counrty in line with UN Security Council sanctions.
Donald Trump is set to rescind an Obama-implemented policy known as ‘Dreamers', which protected nearly 600K immigrants who entered the US illegally as children.
The ultra-easy monetary policy of the ECB was working and the bloc's economic recovery stregthened even with inflation below the 2% target, Mario Draghi stated.
Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary, stated that new sanctions against Venezuela were aligned to restrict its access to US equity and debt markets.
The UN official stated that Mexico and the United States need to boost protection for refugee applicants and asylum seekers, especially along its common border.
The Euro hit its highest against the US Dollar on Friday after the ECB President Mario Draghi expressed optimism over the Euro zone economy and the single currency.