Morocco's trade deficit expanded 12.6% to $7.8B in the first six months of 2018, up from $6.9B in 2017, the foreign exchange regulator says.
Remittances from Moroccan citizens abroad reached $4.7B in the first eight months of 2018, an increase of 1% from the previous year, the foreign exchange regulator reports.
The Foreign Direct Investment in Dubai increased 26% to $4.84B in the first six months of 2018 compared to the same period the previous year, government data shows.
Russia has sent 23 tons of humanitarian aid to Indonesia after recent multiple earthquakes, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea praises the friendly relations between China and the DPRK, the ruling Workers' Party of Korea says.
The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met to discuss the Korean Peninsula before Pompeo's visit to Pyongyang.
Over the past three years the output in the coal sector in the northwest China's Qinghai Province decreased by 2.1M tonnes in a race to switch to alternative sources of energy.
China's government procurement increased by 24.8% to $467.6B in 2017 compared to the same period the previous year, official data shows.
German car maker Audi's sales hit a record high of 417,234 vehicles during the first eight months of 2018 in China, a data published by Audi shows.
Myanmar's economy is expected to expand 7.4% in the new fiscal year, which started on October 1, the ASEAN Macroeconomic Research Office reports.
Sudan and South Sudan agreed to establish a buffer area on their border, open border crossings before the end of the year and demarcate the Zero line, Sudan's SUNA news agency reports.
Consumer confidence in Mexico improved 14% in September compared to the same period the previous year, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography reports.
The new North American Free Trade Agreement brings additional stability to Mexico's economy, the Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo says.
South Korea's headline inflation remained below 2% for 12 consecutive months, despite higher prices for oil products and farm goods, a government report shows.
The Samsung Electronics reported a record high operating profit in the third quarter of 2018 as its semiconductor business performed better than expected, data shows.
China's courier sector expanded rapidly in the first eight months of 2018 to $54B, an increase of 24.8% compared to the same period the previous year, the State Post Bureau reports.
Unilever rejected its initial plan to leave the UK to continue with a single headquarters in the Netherlands, the consumer goods company reports.
India and Russia agreed to widen energy cooperation at a meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Amazon.com has partnered with the Brazilian firm CargoX, backed by Goldman Sachs, over a logistics pilot project development, according to a Bloomberg report.
The Boeing-backed electric aircraft start-up Zunum has selected France's Safran to use its engine turbines to power hybrid regional airplane's electric motor, seeking to bring it into service in four years.
The South Korean tech giant LG Electronics reported its Q3 operating profit likely surged 44.4% from the same period last year, slightly missing analysts' estimates.
On Friday, Barclays customers experienced the mobile banking app outage due to another IT glitch at the British bank in the last few weeks.
On Friday, the director of the US Office of Personnel Management Jeff Pon announced his resignation, making the US President Donald Trump to lose another top level official.
Italy's antitrust regulator has launched an inquiry into Luxottica's takeover of Barberini, the top sun lens manufacturer, due to concerns the deal could hurt competition.