Japan's business mood soured for the first time since 2016 in the three-month period to March, as labour costs and increasing raw materials weigh on steady economic recovery.
Japan's manufacturing activity expanded at a weaker pace in March, data revision showed on Monday, as growth in output and new orders moderated, while the economy was still in solid shape.
China slapped additional tariffs of up to 25% no 128 US-made products, including wine, certain fruits and frozen pork, in response to the US duties on aluminium and steel imports.
On Sunday, South Korea's most popular pop stars staged a rare concert in Pyongyang in the run-up to the inter-Korean summit.
The former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt died on Sunday at the age of 91, according to his lawyer Luis Rosales.
On Sunday, the US President Donald Trump stated that the status of so-called "Dreamers", immigrants brought to the US illegally as minors, would not be legalised.
The Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticised the US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying that it would lead to a resurgence of the ISIS.
On Sunday, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "terrorist", following the latest Gaza clash.
Hudson's Bay, a Canadian retail business group, announced on Sunday that a payment card data breach occurred at its Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America.
On Sunday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and Vietnam to settle their rows in the South China Sea through negotiations.
China's media reported that the country would complete the formation of government departments by mid-April.
On Sunday, Zambia asked Cuba to recall Nelson Pages Vilas, its ambassador, over his open support for the new opposition Socialist Party.
China's Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday that the country's major policy bank CDB is planning to lend $63.77B for poverty relief projects in 2018.
Macau gambling revenue saw a 22% gain over the course of March thanks to the decent demand for gambling in China's only legal casino centre.
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday that the country's NEV start-up Singulato is planning to invest around $2.39B in Suzhou.
In an interview broadcast on Sunday, the Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said that the country's exports hit a record $15.1B over the course of March.
On Sunday, a German newspaper revealed that one of Volkswagen's prominent shareholders urged his colleagues to vote against Wolfgang Porsche's re-election to the board.
According to the state media, Syrian rebels started to leave the last bastion in Ghouta on Sunday, raising hopes that a conflict in the enclave might be finally ended.
The German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas said on Sunday he wanted to rebuild trust with Russia and gradually improve ties.
Somali officials reported that Al Shabaab militants had attacked the African Union troops outside their base in Bulomarer, Somalia.
On Sunday, Afghanistan's election authorities revealed that they had confirmed 20 October as the date of the parliamentary and district council election.
The Governor of the Russian Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, resigned on Sunday in the wake of the deadly shopping centre fire.
Japan's banking industry lobby stated that Japanese banks must continue with consolidation efforts to try to bolster profitability.
Saudi Arabia's GDP shrank 1.18% on an annual basis in the Q4 of 2017, following the prior quarter's decline of 0.43% and marking the fourth straight quarterly contraction.