On Thursday, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Yoshihide Suga stated that the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not make any donation to a nationalist school operator.
The rescue workers that had been searching through the landfill site for five days reported that the death toll rose to 115 people amid the massive rubbish landslide hit the Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa.
According to the Bangladesh senior police officer, four insurgents suspected in the cafe massacre in Dhaka were killed in their hideout during the police raid.
On Thursday, the Malaysian police reported that Interpol issued a "red notice" international arrest warrant for the four North Korea's suspects in the Kim Jong Nam murder.
According to a budget document released on Thursday the US President Donald Trump is planning to shift the US air traffic control from the government to a non-government entity. Trump believes the current air traffic control system is obsolete.
More than 150 soldiers skilled in demining were sent to the Syrian city of Palmyra by the Kremlin in order to help clear the territory from mines.
Early on Thursday, the People's Bank of China followed the Fed's path by raising short-term interest rates for the third time in a row in order to continue stabilising the Yuan and limit capital outflows.
On Thursday, the BoJ decided to leave its monetary policy unchanged, accentuating that major central banks have different paths, referring to the Fed's rate hike hours prior to the announcement.
The upcoming (due on Thursday) US President Trump's budget plan for the next year is expected to be aimed on cutting spending for the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency.
On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve raise interest rates by 25 basis points, being confident that inflation growth, as well as the labour market, are on track. The Fed also signaled that two more rate hikes are due this year.
French consumer fraud inspector informed prosecutors that Renault's CEO Ghosn should be arrested as he is suspected to be responsible for a car maker's diesel emissions cheating.
The Trump Administration requested the detailed US car fuel efficiency standards review from the Obama Administration, provoking a criticism from environmental groups.
New Zealand sold inflation linked bonds, for the first in two years, in a sign of rising demand, while Italy sold €3B worth inflation linked bonds using syndicate of banks.
The Libyan Eastern Parliament stated that it has encouraged the end of an agreement to unify the NOC after major oil ports were recaptured by an eastern forces from the rival faction.
In Ethiopia, the death toll from the trash dump landslide rose to 113 people. The government announced three days of a national mourning.
Turkey decided to block military training and cooperation with NATO partners amid evident EU states' escalation of the diplomatic dispute.
The remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, 11 countries, stated that the Alliance had discussed a future steps forward Asia Pacific's advanced economic integration.
Eight people died and approximately 50 people were injured amid car bomb explosion in downtown Tikrit, Iraq. No claim of responsibility for the explosion has been reported.
In Berlin, a package with explosives was found at the Germany's Finance Ministry and was meant for Finance Minister Schaeuble.
Three people died in western Austria due to an avalanche that swept away a ski touring group. The fourth person was missing in 12 meter deep snow.
Opel's CEO Neumann stated that he decided to remain in his position even though the company has been sold to Peugeot, French car maker, at €2.2B.
The heads of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee stated that NSA and FBI directors would witness about the Trump Towers wiretap claims and Russia's interference into the US election.
According to the Bosch executive Dirk Hoheisel, the tech giant is eager to adhere to its own technology despite a $15B merger deal between Intel and Bosch's Israeli rival Mobileye.
The public servants and rural workers of Brazil raised protests on Wednesday in Sao Paulo and Rio de Jainero against the government's pension reform, blocking the roads and occupying the finance ministry premises.