On Saturday, co-owner of Russia's investment and trading group Summa Ziyavudin Magomedov, who is known as an investor and a board member of Hyperloop One, has been detained in Russia.
On Saturday, the President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey has started preparations for new military campaigns in Syrian Tel Abyad, Ras al-Ain and Ayn al-Arab regions.
On Saturday, medical officials from Gaza stated that 16 people were killed and more than 100 were injured by Israeli forces during the protests on the Israel-Gaza border on Friday.
On Saturday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that the Chinese government is planning to spend $300M to improve sprinkler systems in Southern Xinjiang, a region with high unrest level.
On Saturday, Lebanon's Hezbollah's al-Manar TV and the Israeli military reported that an Israeli drone has crashed in Lebanon between the villages Baraachit and Beit Yahoun.
On Friday, two senior White House officials said that the US President Donald Trump told his military advisers that he wants the US troops to finish campaign in Syria in the nearest time.
The Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reported that the UK would have to slash the number of its diplomats working in Russia to the same number Russia had in Britain.
US authorities asked a judge to sentence Ng Lap Seng, a Macau-based Chinese billionaire, to six years in prison after he was convicted of paying bribes to two UN ambassadors.
Xinhua reported on Saturday that the Chinese government would spend 1.875B yuan on improving irrigation systems in southern Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China.
Feng Xinzhu, a former Chinese politician and the ex-Vice Governor of Shaanxi, will be prosecuted on suspicion of bribery.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for "an independent and transparent investigation" into the Gaza border clash on Friday.
The Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi stated that despite the Trump administration's decision to slap tariffs on some Chinese imports China would not turn to protectionism.
The US President Donald Trump has frozen more than $200M in funds allocated for recovery efforts in Syria.
The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Friday that France took the wrong approach towards Syria after the French President Emmanuel Macron assured Kurdish forces of Paris' support.
Chinese non-manufacturing activity climbed to 54.6 in March, up from the preceding month's 54.4 and above forecasts for an increase to 54.5, according to the CFLP.
The CFLP reported on Saturday that its PMI for the manufacturing sector rose to 51.5 in March from 50.3 in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated a slighter increase to 50.5.
Mediaset, an Italian top private broadcaster, reported on Friday that the company signed a content-sharing agreement with Sky Italia.
On Friday, the UN Security Council blacklisted 27 ships, 21 shipping companies and one individual involved in smuggling North Korean oil and coal.
The EIA reported on Friday that US crude oil production rose 6K barrels per day in January to 9.964M barrels per day.
On Friday, Russia expelled nearly 60 diplomats from more than 20 countries and stated that it reserved the right to respond further following accusations of its involvement in the ex-spy's poisoning.
Official sources reported on Friday that the US President Donald Trump wanted to withdraw US troops from Syria as soon as possible.
Ireland's Foreign Ministry reported on Friday that one Irish diplomat was expelled from Russia in the wake of the spy poisoning scandal.
The Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle has ruled that Starbucks and other coffee companies must put cancer warning labels on their products in California.
Canada's Foreign Ministry reported on Friday that four Canadian diplomats were expelled from Russia in the wake of Sergei Skripal's poisoning.