Spain's economy grew by 3.2% in 2016, matching the rate of expansion in 2015, as Europe's fifth-largest economy outpaced the growth rate of many other major developed countries.
Jeff Sessions failed to disclose during his confirmation hearings that he twice met the Russian ambassador while acting as a close adviser to Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
The European Union lawmakers lifted the EU parliamentary immunity of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for tweeting pictures of Islamic State violence.
David Rubinger, Israel's most prominent photographer whose lens captured the key moments in Israeli history, has died aged 92 on Thursday.
Snap started trading at $24 a share on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the company priced its IPO at $17 a share on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the US Attorney General Jeff Sessions resignation following his talks with the Russian ambassador to the US during the presidential race.
On Thursday, the Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag recalled his meeting with his German counterpart after local authorities cancelled his speech to supporters of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Malaysia is eager to deport a North Korean suspect Ri Jong Chol detained in connection with the President Kim Jong Un's half-brother murder on Friday.
On Thursday, health consumers and workers were trapped in the Johannesburg state hospital of South Africa as the roof collapsed due to the construction workers' mistake.
The European lawmakers consider the US citizens should have no VISA-free entry to the European Union states till summer as the EU residents do not have allowance to visit America without VISA permission.
Turkey's ticket sales and reservations for summer period dropped by more than a half as a spate of terrorist attacks frightens German travellers, who are more likely to choose Greece and Egypt for vacations.
According to the Yemen authorities and local people, four al-Qaeda suspects are dead amid drone strike in al-Saeed on Thursday.
The Central Europe states such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic urged the EU bloc to equivalently treat all the members as they strongly disagree with the European Union division, considering it weakens Europe.
Chinese JD.com posted strong quarterly results showing its earnings skyrocketed 47% amid growing demand in their central e-commerce businesses. The income climbed to 80.3B yuan from 54.6B yuan.
According to the UK Prime Minister's spokesman, Theresa May stated there should be no changes in the Brexit legislation made by the Parliament, as she needs it unadjusted to launch the official talks with the EU.
The CEO of Deutsche Telekom claimed on Thursday that they would be open to participate in the US mobile sector consolidation with its subsidiary T-mobile on either the buy or sell side.
The leader of UN's tourism department claimed on Thursday that the United States might be risking millions in tourism revenues by imposing the ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.
The US-backed Iraqi soldiers repealed the counterattack of the Islamic State militants in the Western Mosul on Thursday's early morning.
According to the Thailand police, militants shot dead four persons including a child and injured two more children in the Southern mostly Muslim province of Thailand on Thursday, despite the lately agreement reached over safety zone.
The Emperor of Japan Akihito made his first official visit to Vietnam on Thursday to meet the families of the Vietnamese soldiers engaged in the Japanese World War Two.
On Thursday, French Court of Appeal made a decision to postpone presumable extradition of the ex-Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, a former guerrilla commander considered as a war criminal.
The Turkish newspaper Herriyet assigned a new Senior Editor, a veteran journalist Fikret Bila, replacing Sedat Ergin the next day after Tayyip Erdogan criticised the daily paper for a provocative story over the army and government relations.
According to the Mosul residents, several citizens and Islamic State militants are dead amid a strike that hit the mosque of Mosul and demolished nearby houses in the west side of the city this Thursday.
According to Trump's administration, a multi-billion-dollar Mexican wall project would be financed by the use of existing funds, however, the Homeland Security Department has found only $20M it can allocate for the wall building.