Iran launched major naval exercises at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, as tensions with the US intensified after the US President Donald Trump put Tehran "on notice".
There were more than 3,500 attacks on refugees across Germany last year, which left 560 people injured. Additionally, 217 refugee organisations and volunteers were attacked.
The UK government bets that the rise of the machines will foster the economy after the country leaves the EU. Britain plans to invest $21.6M in a research on robotics and artificial intelligence.
Sanctions and crisis conditions triggered a solid growth spurt in Russia's agriculture, the Honorary Chairman of the Federation Council said, adding that Russia can export goods to neighbouring countries as well.
China will concentrate on steady development of its capital markets this year, but will press ahead to make the markets more law-based and international, China Securities Regulator Commission said.
Kyrgyzstan's authorities on Sunday detained opposition politician Omurbek Tekebayev, the Ata-Meken party leader, on charges of corruption and fraud ahead of a presidential election in November.
The Saudi Arabia's King Salman started a month-long Asian tour on Sunday to build ties and attract more investments to the country.
A suspected drunken driver drove into a crowd at Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, injuring more than 20 people.
Malaysian police on Sunday declared its international airport free of any "hazardous material" after the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader with the highly toxic nerve agent VX.
Makhtar Diop, the World Bank's Vice President for Africa, agreed to provide $60M in budget support to Gambia after the former president Yahya Jammeh has fled the country.
The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will not be present at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner.
Egypt expressed discontent about UK refusing to lift flight bans to several parts of the country, which were imposed after the Islamic State terrorists brought down a Russian plane that was returning home back in 2015.
On Saturday, Tom Perez, a former US Secretary of Labor and a member of the Obama administration, was chosen as the leader of the US Democratic Party by the Democratic National Committee.
An Indonesian woman arrested for the murder of the half-brother of the North Korea's leader said she received $90 to carry out a prank, by smearing the victim's face with baby oil as a part of reality show joke.
The Kuwaiti government could pay up to $60K to the US President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington to host a party, which will be a test of Trump's promise to convert profits from such events to the US Treasury.
North Korea evades international sanctions with a complex network of overseas companies, according to a forthcoming UN report. The country remains under heavy UN sanctions and a strict arms embargo.
The German police said there were no indications that an incident in which an attacker drove a car into pedestrians in Heidelberg, Germany, injuring three people, had a terrorist background.
The Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said Mexico could impose a tax on US products tit for tat in case the northern neighbour imposes a levy on Mexican imports to finance the US President Donald Trump's plan to build the "great" border wall.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathway gained more than $1.6B from its investment in Apple, after shares of the hi-tech company surged. Berkshire's stake in Apple stock rose to 61.2M shares to a total of $6.75B.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan Mistura plans to conduct the next round of intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva in March. Earlier Mistura said that he would focus on a political solution at the intra-Syrian talks.
A man drove a car into pedestrians in a central square in Heidelberg, Germany, injuring three people. The attacker tried to flee away, but was shot by the police officers.
Following a push through the last major stronghold of Islamic State militants, Iraqi forces continued to advance in western Mosul.
Both opponents and supporters of Rodrigo Duterte's drug policy went into streets on Saturday during the "People Power" celebration in Philippines, which later turned into a demonstration.
The current frontrunner of the French Presidential Election Emmanuel Macron will hold a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel mid-March, reliable sources reported on Saturday.