According to the Japanese mass media, 168 boys were abused and involved in child pornography by six men arrested by the police officers.
In a conversation with the British First Minister Theresa May, the Apple Inc. head Tim Cook said that Brexit would do good for the UK.
The German lighting manufacturer Osram plans to engage about 1K of employees in Regensburg as it has a great boost in demand for infra-red smartphone components production.
The Roya Valley resident Cedric Herrou was penalised with €3K suspended fine as he helped the illegal migrants to cross the Italy-France border.
According to the US President Donald Trump's plan, the Mexican border wall will cost about $22B and will take at least three and a half years to build.
China's exports rose at a faster-than-expected pace in January, showing 7.9% growth in US-denominated terms from a year earlier, while imports increased by 16.7%.
At least 12 people, including two children, have been killed and several people injured in landslides in Bali, Indonesia after torrential rain on Thursday.
Singapore Airlines announced Thursday a provisional order of 39 Boeing wide-body aircrafts valued at $13.8B at list price.
A Peruvian court has issued a domestic and international warrant for the arrest of ex-president Alejandro Toledo as part of the corruption scandal.
According to the Greek Alternative Foreign Minister for EU affairs, Greece is positive about international lenders approving its bailout reforms next week, despite Germany's officials pointing out that Greece might have to leave the Eurozone.
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump's promise to release his tax plan sparked USD-buying, causing the Buck to strengthen against a basket of major currencies, while also having bond yields rise.
Egyptian authorities have closed the offices of a prominent human rights group that helps victims of violence and torture.
The Bank of Mexico lifted interest rates by half a percentage point, to the highest level in nearly eigth years, to fight a quickly rising inflation rate.
Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 11 injured after a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed their location outside an Islamic State-held town in northern Syria.
The President of Russia and Turkey agreed to step aimed at expanding joint efforts in the fight against Daesh and other terrorist groups in the war-torn country.
Puerto Rico will make an interest payment in the amount of 1.4 million for bonds that are constitutionally backed and mature on February 1, claimed the country's Governor Ricardo Rossello on Thursday.
The South African President Jacob Zuma's speech was interrupted by opposition forces several times on Thursday as they claimed that he is incompetent to hold the post.
Despite Democrats' concerns about Jeff Sessions civil rights' stance, he was confirmed as the attorney general by the US senate on Wednesday.
The leader of the party opposing Kremlin Alexei Navalny claimed on Thursday that government forces are trying to prevent him from running for president next year as he addressed embezzlement charges.
On Thursday, Snap, the parent company of the social media platform SnapChat, said it would spend around $1B on Amazon's cloud-based storage for media and files.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that Donald Trump's refugee travel ban was wrong and that Britain would not follow this path.
Britain plans to introduce a new "dual" insurance for the self-driving car users to avoid the problems over who to claim in case of an accident: automated cars or their drivers.
Twitter's shares fell around 10% in the pre-market trading session after the company reported its revenue grew just 1% to $717.2M in the Q4 of 2016.
Coca-Cola reported on Thursday that its annual profit would probably drop in 2017, due to charges related to the recently announced refranchising of its North American bottling operations.