Tensions in the Korean Peninsula have increased demand for the Japanese Yen as a safe-haven currency which was trading at an eight-week high against the US Dollar on Friday.
An economic survey by the Indian government showed that the previously-set GDP growth forecast of 6.75-7.5% would be difficult to attain this year due to deflationary pressures.
On Friday, Turkey's police detained 42 suspected militants related to operations across the Elazig and Adana provinces, the media and security forces reported.
According to the British police, a fire that took place at the underground station of London's Oxford Circus on Friday has not being considered as suspicious.
Google won an approval to build a campus alongside the tech giant's offices in the King Cross district in London late on Thursday.
On Friday, the state fund 1MDB stated it had paid $350M to Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment for the debt deal after Abu Dhabi extended its deadline earlier this week.
According to polls, the US may mark its longest economic expansion in over 150 years, if the recovery from 2007-2009 financial crisis takes another two years or more.
The venture capital company Benchmark has filed a suit against the former CEO of Uber Travis Kalanick as it seeks to force him off the ride-services firm's board.
On Friday, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Philippine's island of Luzon with jolts felt in the capital of Manila that forced the evacuation of schools and offices; however, no casualties were reported yet.
Google's meeting to elaborate on the fallout of the company's decision to dismiss the employee that posted an anti-diversity memo last week was cancelled due to fears over online harassment.
Responding to the warning issued to China over its increased military activity in the Sea of Japan, the chief of the Chinese air forces said Tokyo did not own the sea.
Global Times, the Chinese government-run newspaper, said the state should keep neutrality in case North Korea launches a missile attack on the United States.
On Friday, the Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen accused Laos of breaching the border between the two countries back in April and said their troops had to leave before 17 August.
The White House is expected to issue a document in September, showing a framework on overhauling the US tax bill, sources said.
PayPal is set to acquire Swift Financial, the US online lender, aiming to enhance services for small businesses to support their growth.
Most US economist expected the Federal Reserve to make next rate hike in December and start unwinding $4.5T balance sheet in September, survey showed.
NAFTA was expected to offer a great potential to expand benefits for productive changes of its members, if Mexico could avoid trade tariffs, Mexican officials stated.
On Thursday, crude oil prices lost 1.52% and settled down at $51.90 a barrel amid rising worries over a global oversupply and insufficient demand.
According to the Axios news website, Benchmark Capital filed a law suit against the Uber's former CEO Travis Kalanick for breach of contract and fraud.
On Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury posted a $43B deficit for July on a year-over-year basis amid higher tax revenues and lower medical care spending.
On Thursday, the US and African officials finished their negotiations over review of the African Growth and Opportunity Act with no notable result.
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump had appointed Neil Chatterjee, as a president of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The US President Donald Trump criticised the US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for inability to finally repeal and replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
OPEC announced that it expects an increase in demand for crude oil in the next year, as the global consumption continued to grow.