All members of the IMF agree on the need to reach free and fair trade, Agustin Carstens, the chairman of the IMF's steering committee said. The final goal is to benefit from trade, Carstens added.
The German foreign intelligence agency, the BND, was reported to spy on international police agencies and media organisations, as well as monitored Europol for years.
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged the IMF to improve surveillance of members' exchange rates and external imbalances, as huge trade imbalances would undermine free and fair trade.
The ECB is ready to provide financial assistance to French banks if needed after the first round of presidential election. However, the central bank does not expect such move will be required, the ECB official Ewald Nowotny said.
Wall Street prepares for the busiest earnings week in years, with over 190 members of S&P's 500 index delivering their quarterly scorecards. Thursday will be the busiest day with almost 70 reports due.
The man was captured after threatening police at Gare du Nord station this afternoon. The scene caused panic before the man was arrested.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May has refused to confirm whether the Conservatives would increase taxes after the General Election.
Thousands of ex-Taliban fighters most probably could have been entered Germany over the past years among an inflow of more than a million refugees and migrants.
Two policemen were injured and a police car was torched during protests in Cologne at a meeting held by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party.
Following a wave of anti-government demonstrations, 12 people died in violent incidents in the capital Caracas overnight, Venezuela's Justice Ministry reported.
Russian hacker Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison, after he was convicted of causing more than $169M in damage by hacking into point-of-sale computers.
Indian-origin surgeon general Vivek Murthy was asked to resign by the Donald Trump administration and would be replaced by his deputy Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams.
The President Donald Trump promised a big announcement about tax reform next week, after signing three presidential directives related to taxes and financial regulations at the Treasury Department.
The Lebanese army busted a major Islamic State cell near the Syrian border this morning, arresting at least 10 members of this terrorist group.
The death toll from Friday's Taliban-led terror strike on an Afghan military base in Mazar-i-Sharif have risen from 50 to about 140 soldiers.
Charles Gave, an economist and financial analyst, who predicted Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, placed a bet on Marine Le Pen to win the French presidential race.
On Saturday, the Times reported, that the European Union would likely win a free-trade deal with the United States before the post-Brexit UK.
On Friday, a US federal judge sentenced Volkswagen to three years' probation and independent monitoring over the emissions cheating scandal.
On Saturday, hundreds of people left the city of Mosul after Iraqi military forces penetrated the western part of the city.
Uganda plans to attract more investment from China with "the most favourable policies", says the Ugandan Ambassador to China Charles Madibo Wagidoso.
China's 6.5% growth target is "within reach" says the governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan.
Taliban attackers dressed in military uniforms killed dozens at a key army base in the northern Afghanistan.
Peaceful denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula is still possible, says the US Vice President Mike Pence.
The National Assembly President Julio Borges asked global banks to reject financial aid to the "dictatorial" government of President Nicolas Maduro.