The Libyan government sent a formal request to NATO on Thursday, asking to provide military training and develop its armed forces.
On Thursday, the UN announced it would establish a new team based in Geneva, that would analyse information and prepare materials concerning war crimes perpetrated in Syria for future prosecutions.
On Thursday, Bashar Jaafari, a Syrian government negotiator, stated that no progress was made in Astana peace talks between President Assad's government and rebel participants, blaming the latter for delaying the talks.
The foreign minister of Germany Sigmar Gabriel urged Russia to influence the eastern Ukraine separatists by forcing them to pull back troops from the fighting line.
Pakistani anti-terrorism police killed six militants suspected of Taliban group's terrorist activity during the carried out raids over separatist hideouts on Thursday.
Tata Motors will tie-up with Microsoft as the companies are eager to improve their clients' driving experience, making it more personalised by creating an interconnectivity device for the vehicles.
Saudi-led coalition military planes bombed a house near Yemen's capital where a funeral feast was held, leaving nine women and a child dead and dozens of people wounded.
On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavror is to meet his new US counterpart, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during talks in the German city of Bonn.
On Thursday afternoon, oil prices edged higher amid news that OPEC could not only cut production even further, but also expand its output reduction agreement to now involve non-member.
Both Russian and US intelligence agencies wish to restore contact between one another, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, Malaysian police arrested a third suspect in the murder case of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brorther.
On Thursday morning, prices for oil barely changed, even though US Oil Inventories data kept reaching new highs in recent weeks. OPEC supply cuts are helping stabilise the market.
On Thursday, Francois Fillon, a persidential candidate in the upcoming elections in France, was delivered a new blow in his campaign, as the French financial prosecutor stated that further investigation into the candidate's recent fake work case will remain open.
The Malaysian police announced that the third suspect in relation to death of Kim Jong Nam had been detained as the suspect was the boyfriend of one of the women arrested.
The French Financial Prosecutor said that the investigation of scandal over money which presidential candidate Francois Fillon's wife had been paid for likely undone work would continue.
The death toll reported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission was the highest since November 2013. Most of the H7N9 cases arose around southern and eastern coast.
Most of the seized men are members of the Uzbek community in province of Jowzjan. Provincial police believe the Taliban to be responsible for the kidnapping.
Singapore's biggest lender reported a 9% annual drop in its net profit as it was forced to increase its bad loans provisions by 87% to $326M.
The company sent out notifications about a cookie forging attack that made it possible for hackers to access user accounts without a password between 2015 and 2016.
Samsung Group's chief Lee appeared at special prosecutor's office in South Korea as the court would decide on issuing the arrest warrant over the corruption scandal.
Boeing Co skilfully defeated the worker's union drive at the South Carolina's aircraft factory, after almost 75% of staff voted against the union representation.
On Wednesday, the US government administration under Donald Trump suggested to implement changes to the Obamacare individual insurance market. No new rules have yet been issued and no details on which elements of the current health system would be preserved.
On Wednesday, a nominee for the US Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his candidacy due to uncertainty about gathering sufficient number of Senate votes required to be confirmed, thus, throwing more sand in Trump's wheels to his administration assembly attempts.
Anthem Inc has filled the lawsuit against the Cigna Corp to terminate the proposed $54B merger. The US antitrust authority already rejected the transaction.