EU diplomats said that the European Union did not have any plan if two anti-EU French candidates made it to the final round of the presidential election.
The Pakistani opposition staged out protests in the Parliament session this Friday, urging the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to leave his office for the time an investigation on his finances lasts.
On Friday, the UK government stated it was eager to prolong the Northern Ireland deadline on negotiations to June 29 as an agreement failed to hold before the general election.
The Parliament of Thailand at a confidential session on Friday came to an agreement to grant control of the Thai royal agencies to the country's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
On Friday, the Southeast Asian nation's government reported that Vietnam's PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc received an invitation by the President Donald Trump to visit the US as two countries aims to strengthen ties.
On Friday, Britain is going to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 91st birthday with the artillery gun salutes at the London Tower and in City's Hyde Park as one of the major occasions in the country.
On Friday, the United States and Indonesia agreed to find a solution on cutting trade and investment barriers to the US companies that operate in Indonesia.
London's transport authority is ready to increase operator license fees for the Taxi app Uber following its newly proposed regulations.
Stocks of Asian steelmakers jumped on Friday despite the US President Donald Trump's probe against Asian cheap steel exporters into the US market.
Elon Musk, the CEO and founder of Tesla, reported that his company Neuralink was working on connecting the human brain with artificial intelligence with the help of micron-sized devices.
The Taiwan Economics Minister said that the trade surplus with the US was smaller than reported by Washington, expressing hopes that the country will be excluded from the currency manipulator list.
On Friday, the US Vice President said that the latest attack in Paris served as a reminder that terrorism can strike anywhere and anytime, adding the US would continue fighting terrorism.
A police officer was killed and two more injured on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Thursday night in an attack claimed by the Islamic State.
Donald Trump signed a memorandum to launch a trade probe targeting China and other cheap steel exporters into the US, that raised the possibility of new trade tariffs.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan Governor, warned policymakers against unwinding the globalization and free trade, that supported prosperity in many countries' economies.
Preliminary survey revealed on Friday that manufacturing activity in Japan increased at a faster pace this month as export orders jumped, in a sign of strong global demand.
White House official said that Donald Trump is expected to sign a memorandum requesting reviews of financial corporate rules and an executive order on reducing tax burdens on Friday.
A Munich-based start-up Lilium developed a five seat flying taxi prototype and have successfully performed a test flight over Germany.
According to Venezuela's Central Bank, the annual inflation reached 274% last year, while economists believed that the true figure was much more alarming.
Verizon reported the first-ever quarterly loss of the subscribers, questioning whether the major US wireless carrier may need a large acquisition to diversify the business.
A Slovakian company AeroMobil Flying Car presented a $1M worth commercial design of the flying auto in Monaco. First flying car deliveries are expected by 2020.
According to the US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, the Trump administration would unveil a tax reform plan in the nearest future, most probably till the end of this year.
Turkey's President Erdogan would meet the US President Trump on May 16-17 in Washington to strengthen ties, the first meeting since Donald Trump took an office.
The German Finance Minister said on Thursday that the European Stability Mechanism could transform in a European monetary fund soon.