On Friday, Switzerland offered to provide a platform for a dialogue between Spain's government and Catalonia on the back of the scandal over region's independence.
According to Istat, Italy's retail sales dropped -0.3% in August, compared to the preceding month's upwardly revised reading of -0.4%, while analysts anticipated a 0.2% rise.
Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the jobless rate of Canada remained unchanged at 6.2% in September, missing analysts' expectations for a rise to 6.3%.
According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, the jobless rate in the United States slid to 4.2% in September, topping analysts' expectations for an unchanged reading of 4.4%.
North Korea resumed operations at the closed Kaesong factory zone after the JV with South Korea had been suspended last year due to disagreements over the North's nuclear programme.
On Friday, the Kremlin assured that the military cooperation between the President Vladimir Putin and the Saudi King Salman was not aimed at anyone and no country should worry about their ties.
Thailand's SEC stated on Friday that the shares worth more than $500M in Thai Siam Commercial bank were transferred from the Crown Property Bureau on behalf of the King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
At least sixteen people died in a crash close to Moscow on Friday, as a train rammed into a bus that was carrying Uzbekistan migrant workers and shunted hundred metres down the road.
The Cambodian government filed a lawsuit against the main opposition - the Cambodia National Rescue Party - on Friday to demand its dissolution due to close ties with ‘foreigners'.
A representative from the Catalan government Raul Romeva told media on Friday that the region would defy the Spanish court ban and continue with an independence debate next week.
On Friday, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize worth $1.10M and is scheduled to be presented on December 10 in Oslo.
French automaker Renault expects an electric vehicle first-mover edge and a wider car line-up for the emerging markets to boost the company a 44% sales surge by 2022.
The US President Donald Trump is expected to decertify the international accord to curb the Iran nuclear programme, a White House's top official stated on Thursday.
European drugs agency issued a $42M tender for temporary employees as the regulator struggles with the Brexit consequences and a forced displacement from London.
The Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban has announced that the European Union has to focus on preserving the free movement of the bloc, as various regulations has been limiting the Schengen system.
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu has been fined 500,000 Japanese Yen after a court ruled that the company employees worked overtime above legal limits.
The Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Thursday announced that the bank will offer a share swap to former retail bondholders.
Japanese core machinery orders in august rose 1.1% compared to the previous month. However, the orders had jumped 8.0% in July.
According to Reuters, the US Securities and Exchange Commission had found a weak spot against DoS attacks in its corporate database EDGAR which could possibly cause it to collapse.
The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that around 51 000 illegal guns were handed over during a three-month amnesty which ended on Friday.
The Japanese Transport Minister Keiichi Ishii said that Nissan Motor Co had used unauthorised technicians to certify its cars in five plants, as revealed by an investigation.
China has approved with certain restrictions Hewlett-Packard's bid to purchase Samsung Electronics' printer business for $1.1B.
Mexican officials warned that US proposals in NAFTA negotiations could result in higher prices and protectionism, while concerns about the outcome of the deal put the Peso to four-month low.
Taro Aso, the Japan's Finance Minister, said that he would meet the US Vice President Mike Pence on October 16 for the next round of economic negotiations between two countries.