According to the data released by IHS Markit on Wednesday, the UK Services PMI advanced 0.4 points to come in at 53.6 for the month of September.
A chemical weapons watchdog found the illegal nerve agent sarin in the samples examined after an attack that took place in the opposition-led Syria's town in March.
On Wednesday, the European Union urged again the authorities of Catalonia and Spain to open a dialogue to defuse the violent confrontation over Catalan independence.
Turkey's Court found 43 ex-soldiers guilty on Wednesday of trying to murder the President Tayyip Erdogan in the 2016 failed coup.
On Wednesday, three people were killed and 35 wounded in an attack on Misrata's court complex in Lybia, which was claimed by the Islamic State.
The European Union ordered Amazon on Wednesday to pay around $294.38M in back taxes to Luxembourg, as the US company was caught up in the EU crackdown on unfair deals with taxes.
On Wednesday, Iceland's Central Bank cut its key rate for the fifth time, one month ahead of the snap Parliamentary election to mitigate the effect of lower inflation.
The EU Commission took Ireland to the European Court of Justice over its failure to recover $15.3B of a tax due from the US tech giant Apple.
On Wednesday, Honda announced it was planning to halt production at one of the Japanese domestic plants within the five years as the carmaker was focusing on the electric vehicle development.
On Wednesday European stocks decline despite new high levels on Wall Street. The reason was the fundamental disruption caused by the Catalonian issue.
The Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont announced on Wednesday that the region will declare independence during the weekend.
CaixaBank, Commerzbank, Erste Group and Bank of Montreal joined UBS and IBM groups to build a blockchain-based technology aimed at supporting trade finance transactions.
On Wednesday, Airbus stated that it had all the capacity to raise the A350 aircraft production above company's targeted level of ten planes a month by the next year's end.
On Wednesday, the Mongolia Parliament appointed its new Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, putting the country back on track to receive the IMF funds from a $5.5B economic rescue package.
A Competition Commissioner of the European Union Margrethe Vestager is set to speak at the news conference on Wednesday in Brussels over two state aid cases.
Three Turkish soldiers were reported to be dead and five more wounded after Kurdish militants detonated a bomb in the Southeast Turkey, close to the Iranian border.
The US and Japan leaders Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are set to hold phone talks on Wednesday over the shooting in Las Vegas and North Korean missile programme.
China's imports of soybeans from the United States are expected to be delayed by no less than two weeks amid suppliers' struggle to find high-quality beans after hurricanes damaged the crop.
On Wednesday, humanitarian groups stated that they needed $434M for the next six months, seeking to help about 1.2M fleeing Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh.
The governor of the Philippine Central Bank Nestor Espenilla has announced that the bank won't change the country's monetary policy in the short term.
The share price of Japan Display jumped 24% after an announcement on Wednesday that the company will mass produce low cost OLED screens.
The Defence Secretary of the US Jim Mattis on Tuesday announced that the United States will try again to collaborate with Pakistan in the territory of Afghanistan.
Honda Motor CEO Takahiro Hachigo will hold a press conference at 06:30 GMT on Wednesday. However, the topic of the conference has not been revealed.
The World Bank raised expectations for the economic growth in East Asia and Pacific for 2017 and 2018 years, but saw the outlook clouded due to geopolitical tensions and trade protectionism.