On Sunday, armed pirates attacked the Vietnamese ship in the southern Philippines, killed one of the crew members and kidnapped seven others. The Coastguard managed to rescue the rest 17 crewmen.
On Monday, the SoftBank shares have climbed about 3% after the announcement that the company intends to transfer control over Sprint to the US T-Mobile corporation, therefore to merge two US wireless operators.
According to the Indonesian immigration authorities, three suspects in the North Korea President's half-brother killing took a flight to Dubai from Jakarta after the assault.
Washington is preparing to bring the North Korean top officials to the US for negotiations with the American ex-authorities as it will be a key indicator whether Kim Jong Un is eager to deal with Trump administration.
Following a drop in bond yields, the US Dollar was under pressure against the Japanese Yen, hovering around 113.09 on Monday, slightly above the 112.62 mark touched on February 17.
On Monday, the Thai police broke into the scandalous Dhammakaya Temple in an attempt to find Phra Dhammachayo, a 72-year-old clergyman suspected of money laundering.
Uber Technologies Chief Executive Travis Kalanick urged to start an immediate investigation into statements about sexual molestation raised by an ex-employee Susan Fowler.
On Monday, Amazon announced its plans to create over 5,000 positions in the UK over the course of the year despite the uncertainty established on the market in the wake of Brexit.
On Sunday, a US senator and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lindsey Graham, stated that US Republican senators are willing to impose more sanctions on Iran for continued ballistic missile development and testing.
A EU official said that Italy is to be issued a warning by the European Commission on Wednesday about possible disciplinary actions to be taken against Italy for failing to reduce its enormous public debt as it is required by the EU laws.
Ecuadorian transgender people were able to vote according to the gender they chose, highlighting a sign of progress for the Catholic Andrean and socially conservative nation.
Kraft Heinz Co, the US food company, has withdrawn the $143 merge proposal made to Unilever Plc, the company's largest rival, amid refusal of public disclosure of the deal.
On Sunday, thousands of people in Malta's capital were protesting against the new bill that would force all the Internet news websites to check up with the government.
On Sunday, people with carnival masks threw several petrol bombs at the Syriza party's offices in Athens, Greece. Attack caused slight damage and no one got injured.
According to local media, at least 4,000 citizens protested against the tax for workers who are not full-time employed in major cities of Belarus, such as Minsk and Gomel.
On Sunday, at least 31 citizens were injured amid explosion near the Bogota's bullring, mainly police officers who were ready for protests in the capital.
German SPD have surpassed the Chancellor Merkel's CDU/CSU in the Emnid institute's opinion poll, gaining 33% of the vote, while CDU/CSU got 32%, the first time in 11 years.
In Washington, the Swedish embassy has requested the US State Department to provide an explanation of Trump's remark regarding the security incident in Sweden.
In an interview with the local media, the 92-year-old President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe said the country's people saw no alternative contender to him for the 2018 Presidential Election.
Unfavourable weather conditions observed on Sunday forced the Defence Secretary of the United States Jim Mattis to cancel his trip to Afghanistan.
The Australian Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed met on Sunday to outline a 10-year security plan.
Having seen three straight years of losses, Ford became the first big overseas automaker in Russia to post good results, seeing local sales soar 10% last year.
Jim Mattis, the US Defense Secretary claimed on Sunday that he has not had any problems with the press, distancing himself from Donald Trump who claimed media to be "the enemy of the American people".
Due to rising uncertainty over US policies and ties with Russia, the United Nations humbled their expectations that a breakthrough in Syrian peace talks might happen during upcoming talks in Geneva.