Eurostat reported on Friday that its Consumer Price Index for the Euro zone rose 1.4% last month after surging 1.9% in April.
The British PM Theresa May was sharply criticised for not meeting the London tower block fire's survivors, escalating the situation as she tried to stay in power after majority lose in the June 8 election.
The European vehicle sales surged 7.7% in May, showing a solid growth after April's dip that was led by the Japan carmakers Suzuki and Toyota with 21.4% and 19.6% up respectively.
On Friday, the lawyers of the two women accused of murdering the North Korean leader's half-brother stated that they sought to look thoroughly at the VX chemical aspect after it was officially confirmed as a murder weapon.
On Friday, the mining giant BHP appointed the former Australian packaging executive Ken MacKenzie as the company's next chairman, calling him to revamp its structure.
According to the Sun newspaper, at least 65 people are feared to be dead or still missing in the Grenfell Tower block's fire in London, while 17 others have been already reported dead.
The Chinese conglomerate HNA filed a defamation lawsuit against the exiled tycoon Guo Wengui, alleging that he had harmed the group's business reputation resulting from repeated defamatory and false statements.
13 Philippine soldiers were reported to be dead, while 40 others were wounded in a battle for the Marawi City against the 150-200 Islamic State insurgents on Friday.
On Friday, 1Malaysia Development Berhad reported that it was not a party to the civil suit filed by the US Department of Justice and was never contacted in relation to it.
Chinese media reported that the Thursday blast in the kindergarten in Xuzhou had killed at least eight people and injured 65.
Business NZ reported on Friday that its Manufacturing Index came in at 58.5 in May, up from the preceding month's 56.9 points.
As analysts expected, the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy and key interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Friday but expressed optimism over the economic outlook.
The US Senate voted almost unanimously for legislation to inflict new sanctions on Russia and force Donald Trump to get approval before reducing any existing sanctions.
Central America's leaders promised to take more responsibility to fight organised crime and restrain illegal migration as the Trump administration cut foreign aid.
Donald Trump is expected to announce a plan to toughen rules on US citizens travelling to Cuba and restrict US companies from working with Cuban firms controlled by the military.
The European Union is ready to offer immediately removing import tariffs on Japanese car details in trade talks now under way, the Nikkei revealed.
Theresa May on Thursday ordered a full public inquiry into the blaze that killed at least 17 amid growing public anxiety about whether similar fires could occur in other housing blocks.
The US Department of Justice on Thursday moved to seize an additional $540M in assets connected to a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund at the heart of a long-running corruption scandal.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised more than $7B to invest in a fund that purchases secondhand stakes in private equity, $2B more than its original goal for the fund raise.
A jet deal between the US and Qatar and a visit to Doha by two American warships on Thursday showed the vital military links Washington maintained with a country in a dispute with several other Arab nations.
A suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded five more in an attack at a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday, security officials reported.
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday held talks in Kuwait to push mediation efforts aimed at resolving a standoff between a Saudi-led alliance and Qatar.
US Congressman Steve Scalise, the number three Republican in the House of Representatives, has undergone another surgery, sources close to the matter reported.
On Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Minister reported that he would fly to Saudi Arabia on Friday to discuss the dispute between Qatar and other Arab states.