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.
On Monday, Buckingham Palace released a new portrait of Britain's Prince Philip, painted by Australia's artist Ralph Heimans, following Prince Philip's retirement in August this year.
The German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said anti-Semitism had no place in the country after protesters, angered by Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, had burnt Israeli flags in Berlin.
According to rebels and witnesses, the Syrian army and Iran-backed militias supported by Russian air forces advanced in a fight against rebels in Hama, continuing a push towards Idlib province.
The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's Socialists are on course to win the majority of votes in the nationwide mayoral election.
An interim report on the UK's financial system revealed that the country's Labour Party sought to move certain BoE functions from London to Birmingham.
The Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to hail a new optimism in Brexit negotiations, telling parliament the UK and the EU should sign a deal this week to move to trade talks.
South Korea's Samsung Heavy appointed Joonou Nam as the company's new CEO on Monday, after his precursor resigned to bear responsibility for losses.
Big Japan's manufacturers turned more upbeat over economic conditions in the last quarter of 2017, indicating the economy on the strongest run of expansion.
Uber is expected to defend the company's right to operate in the city of London, after the app was considered unfit to manage a taxi service and stripped of the license.
Official sources reported on Sunday that the US Agency for International Development offered help to rebuild Iraq after the three-year war against the ISIS despite Trump's aid cuts.
The French President Emmanuel Macron called the US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital "a danger to peace".
The French President Emmanuel Macron called the US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital "a danger to peace".
Official sources reported on Sunday that the US offered help to Iraq in order to recover from the three-year war against the ISIS.