According to a source with knowledge on the matter, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to meet the Canadian PM Justin Trudeau next week for talks over the North Korean crisis.
The Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported on Monday that the state's government had replaced its oil, finance and defence ministers in a major Cabinet reshuffle.
On Monday, the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union said the bloc would resume political contact with Thailand "at all levels".
On Monday, the CFO of Volkswagen Frank Witter said the company expected €4-5B cash outflows in the upcoming year over the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal.
Foreign ministers of the EU have firmly rejected the Israeli PM's call to join the US in recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, adding the move is compromising the peace process.
Data released by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics revealed the number of job openings in the country was little changed at 6M for the month of October.
According to the data released by Istat on Monday, Italian retail sales were down 1% over the course of October, missing analysts' expectations for a 0.1% drop.
Flydubai and Emirates Airlines resumed operating some flights using the Iraqi airspace, the Middle East carriers announced on Monday, following Iraq's victory proclamation over the Islamic State.
Germany's trade union IG Metall stated that its first round of pay talks with Volkswagen had failed to reach any deal, being disappointed that the automaker did not make a counter-offer to its 6% wage hike demand.
The Chinese electric car maker WM Motor Technology is planning to launch a production of the sport-utility vehicles in the Q2 of 2018 under its new brand called Weltmeister.
Elliott Management stated on Monday that the chipmaker NXP Semiconductors was worth $135 per share, which was more than Qualcomm's offer of $110 per share.
The President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to start pulling out of Syria, saying that Damascus and Moscow had achieved their goal of destroying the Islamic State after two-years military campaign.
Carrefour's Brazilian unit elected Matthieu Malige as a new chairman, it announced on Monday, following Pierre-Jean Sivignon resignation on December 8.
Macedonia's former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski resigned on Monday as the opposition rightist VMRO-DPMNE party's leader, after a defeat in the last year's election.
Ivory Coast is planning to pledge thousands of soldiers about $26K buy-outs to each as it seeks to reduce the size of its mutiny-prone and unruly military.
Siemens AG has signed an agreement with General Electric Company of Libya for the construction of two gas-fired power plants worth around €700M ($823.8M).
The Russian Direct Investment Fund is set to strengthen its cooperation with China's Alibaba Group to launch a new unit for technology investments – RDIF Technologies.
Germany's Social Democrats and Conservatives are seeking for clarity in the nearest future on the coalition talks, which are set up for this week.
On Monday, Saudi Arabia announced it would allow public cinemas for the first time since early 1980s, following a ban under Islamists pressure, and was planning to reopen them next March.
Mubadala's CEO Waleed al-Muhairi stated at the Abu Dhabi conference that his deputy group had made about 16 investments in Silicon Valley on the back of its partnership with Softbank.
According to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, the country's ruling Socialist Party gained 90% of the total 335 mayorships contested in the local elections on Sunday.
Ford Motor reported on Monday its year-on-year Chinese vehicle sales plunged 8% in November, following a 5% decline in October.
On Monday, Nokia announced that its Chief Operating Officer Monika Maurer was eager to leave the Finnish telecom network giant, seeking for new opportunities outside the company.
On Monday, the government of New Zealand appointed the former central banker Adrian Orr as the Reserve Bank new governor, sharply soaring the local dollar.