United States building permits decreased 2.5% to an annualised pace of 1.23M units in April, missing economists' expectations for a 1.27M-unit rate.
Data released on Tuesday revealed US housing starts slid 2.6% to an annualised 1.17M-unit rate in April, following the downwardly revised 1.27M-unit rate registered in March.
The German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index posted a 1.1-point increase to settle at 20.6 over the course of May, missing analysts' expectations for a 22.3-points print.
Facebook added a new Snapchat-like camera tool to its Instagram app, leading in an "innovation" race with its rival as Snap's shares had already dropped 23% last week after posting its Q1 results.
Berlin's Schoenefeld airport Terminal D was evacuated on Tuesday amid a suspected outrage of tear gas. The incident hit the area that was mainly served by the Ryanair and EasyJet low cost carriers.
The President Emmanuel Macron's office stated that the official announcement of the French new government was postponed to Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Eurostat reported that Euro zone's trade surplus reached €23.1B in March, topping analysts' expectations for a €18.8B reading.
The French data watchdog fined Facebook for $166K as the social media failed to prevent advertisers from accessing the users' data.
The Russian largest web group Yandex and other well-known online firms got under the sanctions as Ukraine tends to protect itself against presumable cyber attacks.
On Tuesday, the electronic signature service DocuSign announced that its customer email database was exposed by hacks, which deemed to be connected with phishing emails addressed to the company's users.
The North Korean official stated to the UN Conference on Disarmament that its missile test launched recently was a completely legitimate self-defence act under the law of nations.
According to the official data released on Tuesday, the Canadian small business lending remained relatively unchanged in March, in comparison to February's figures.
On Tuesday, inflation in the UK in April rose to the highest level since nearly four years, edging 2.7% up, beating expectations of 2.6%, with the main reason being the weaker Pound, as a result of the last years' Brexit vote.
According to ACEA, the Europe car sales dropped 6.8% in the prior month amid a sharp decrease in Volkswagen vehicles demand and double-digit sales fall in the UK.
An infamous child serial killer and one of the two "Moors Murderers" jailed for life Ian Brady died this Monday in the Liverpool secure hospital where he was placed in 1966 after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Thailand's authorities have no immediate plan to suspend Facebook as it expects the social media to obey the orders and remove the content considered to threaten the national security.
The US fashion retailer Rue21 appealed for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, expecting to proceed with normal operations throughout the process.
The Prosecution of Turkey ordered the arrest of 85 education and energy ministries' staff in a post-coup probe linked to the US-based cleric's network.
IranAir will take delivery of its first four ATR 72-600 turbo-propeller aircraft on Tuesday amid the company's fleet rebuild following the nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran last year.
On Tuesday, Facebook was still accessible in Thailand despite the government's intention to shut down the social media giant amid concerns that the platform threatened to the national security.
On Tuesday, the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation sought through the former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's homes in the criminal investigation on suspected misconduct linked to investment deal approvals.
On Tuesday, the Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo stated that Australia began discussing free trade agreement details with China, aimed to improve access for service providers to both countries.
Cyber security researchers believe that the recent global hacking by the WannaCry malware could be linked to North Korea, as the preliminary code examination showed traces of a virus originated from a North Korean hacker group.
According to the South Korean anti-trust regulator, two major banks, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank AG were fined $94,000 and $63,000, respectively, over rigging in currency forwards auctions.