The US Dollar and European stocks edged higher on Friday in response to the US Senate approving a budget draft that favours tax cuts and increased infrastructure spending.
The Iranian military chief Mohammed Baqeri visited the frontline position close to Aleppo in a visit that underlined the deep military role of Tehran in Syria.
On Thursday, Imprimis Pharma shares skyrocketed 91%, following the company's announcement about launch of the cheaper alternative Restasis to Allergan's eye drug by next month.
The Spanish government and the opposition Socialists have come to an agreement to hold Catalonia's regional elections in January, the Socialist official Carmen Calvo said on Friday.
The major Uber rival Grab has secured up to a $700M in debt facilities, as it seeks to create the biggest car rental programme in the Southeast Asia.
Turkey's authorities ordered arrest of 110 suspects over the alleged links to the Gulen movement that was accused by the government of orchestrating a failed coup attempt last July.
According to polls, the consumer price index of Singapore is seen to have risen 0.4% in September at the equal pace as the prior month from 2016 amid higher petrol prices.
On Friday, the embattled steelmaker Kobe Steel stated that a standards certification firm had launched inspection of one of the company's plants to see whether it complies with industrial standards.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stated that he was ready to leave his post in a few months; however, his successor had not been picked yet.
The White House announced that the US President Donald Trump was set to nominate Joseph Simons, the Washington antitrust attorney, to head the Federal Trade Commission.
On Friday, Singapore Airlines said the company was ready to finalise the order of 39 Boeing planes worth $13.8B as soon as next week.
Late on Thursday, the US Democrats failed to forbid oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, northeastern Alaska.
According to the Asahi newspaper, the Japanese Emperor Akihito will most probably renounce the throne in March 2019, the first abdication in almost 200 years.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that she was sure that Britain and the European Union are likely to achieve a good Brexit result after Theresa May appealed to move the negotiations forward.
PayPal Holdings announced that the company's third-quarter profit topped forecasts due to sharp increase in mobile payments, allowing to lift full-year adjusted earnings expectations.
The US President Donald Trump completed to interview five candidates he was considering to appoint as the Fed chair and is set to announce his decision next week.
Whirlpool asked the US trade panel to recommend 50% import duties on residential washing machines to ensure that rivals Samsung and LG follow plans to shift production in the US.
US lawmakers, worried about hackers' use of the Internet to influence the US elections, introduced legislation to extend the rules that apply to political advertising on television and radio to social media, including Facebook and Twitter.
The US President Donald Trump met with the Fed Chair Janet Yellen as he considers whether to reappoint Yellen for the second term.
A member of the US House of Representatives' Freedom Caucus tries to kill any chance of a second term for the Fed Chair Janet Yellen.
The US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said that Russian interference with help of cyber-enebaled means in the US elections was a warfare.
The EU leaders urged the UK Prime Minister Theresa May to do more to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks as they meet at a summit in Brussels.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet the US President Donald Trump to possibly discuss the UN reform, after the Trump administration announced withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change and UNESCO.
Joel Giraud, a lawmaker from the French President Emmanuel Macron's party responsible for steering the 2018 budget bill through the lower house, looked into details of how the richest 1% would benefit from abolishing a wealth tax.