Google's parent company improved the Loon's navigation algorithms, allowing the balloons to hover over target areas. The new approach promises to shorten the project's timeline.
China's carrier completed a $1.32B order for five mid-size widebody Dreamliners as it plans to add routes to Europe, North America and Australia in an international expansion.
Firefighters contained a wildfire in Christchurch city, allowing over 1.4K residents to return from evacuation. The Civil Defence cautioned that the fire was not yet controlled.
On Thursday, in the US thousands of demonstrators participated in a countrywide protest against President Trump's policies, urging immigrants to 'disappear' in order to show how vital their role in the US society is.
Early on Friday, a South Korean court issued an order to arrest Jay Y. Lee, chief of Samsung Group. Lee was accused of playing a significant role in a corruption scandal, which ultimately led to the impeachment of Korean President Park Geun-hye.
A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in the south of Iraq's capital Thursday, killing more than 50 people in the deadliest such attack this year.
Kuala Lumpur police arrested the third suspect on Thursday as they hunted for those responsible for Kim Jong Nam killing, the brother of North Korea's leader.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, though the overall level remains consistent with a labor market that continues to add jobs.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov amid turmoil in Washington as the Trump administration faces increasing scrutiny for its ties to Moscow.
US homebuilding fell in January as the construction of multi-family housing projects dropped, but jump in permits to a one-year high suggested the housing recovery remained on track.
US household debt surged $460 billion last year, the biggest increase in 10 years, and has nearly returned to the peak level before the global financial crisis in 2008.
At least 72 people were killed and more than 150 injured in a suicide attack on the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan on Thursday evening
The President Donald Trump will announce his replacement nominee for Labor secretary during a news conference at the White House on Thursday.
The Islamic State claimed the terrorist attack on the Pakistani Sufi shrine that caused death of 72 people and dozens of badly wounded as a suicider detonated the bomb among crowd gathered at the shrine.
On Thursday, the capital of Iraq suffered the deadliest attack this year, as a car bomb took the lives of at least 50 people, wounding even more. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for this attack.
The Libyan government sent a formal request to NATO on Thursday, asking to provide military training and develop its armed forces.
On Thursday, the UN announced it would establish a new team based in Geneva, that would analyse information and prepare materials concerning war crimes perpetrated in Syria for future prosecutions.
On Thursday, Bashar Jaafari, a Syrian government negotiator, stated that no progress was made in Astana peace talks between President Assad's government and rebel participants, blaming the latter for delaying the talks.
The foreign minister of Germany Sigmar Gabriel urged Russia to influence the eastern Ukraine separatists by forcing them to pull back troops from the fighting line.
Pakistani anti-terrorism police killed six militants suspected of Taliban group's terrorist activity during the carried out raids over separatist hideouts on Thursday.
Tata Motors will tie-up with Microsoft as the companies are eager to improve their clients' driving experience, making it more personalised by creating an interconnectivity device for the vehicles.
Saudi-led coalition military planes bombed a house near Yemen's capital where a funeral feast was held, leaving nine women and a child dead and dozens of people wounded.
On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavror is to meet his new US counterpart, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during talks in the German city of Bonn.
On Thursday afternoon, oil prices edged higher amid news that OPEC could not only cut production even further, but also expand its output reduction agreement to now involve non-member.