Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke by the telephone on Friday over preparations for the Syrian People's Congress hosted by Russia.
Delta Air Lines apologised on Friday for listing Tibet and Taiwan as countries on the airline's website after it was condemned by China's aviation regulator.
On Friday, Germany's Social Democrats and Conservative Party agreed to a blueprint for the formal coalition negotiations, raising prospects for an end of political uncertainty in the country.
According to the data released by Itstat on Friday, Italy's seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index came in flat in November.
On Friday, Rosstandart said it had been informed that Mitsubishi is recalling 16,515 cars sold in the Russian Federation between April 2013 and February 2016.
The Japanese Justice Ministry reported that starting from Monday Japan will curb asylum seekers' right to work, making alterations to its complex refugee system.
The US President Donald Trump has cancelled his London trip scheduled for February to open a new embassy, expressing his disapproval of Obama's decision to sell the old one for "peanuts".
IBM has revealed that the company's CFO Martin Schroeter would be moved to a new position within the firm and would be replaced by James Kavanaugh.
The Mexican Finance Minister called the US tax overhaul a "regressive" move, adding Mexico's economy is set to remain emulous without sweeping corporate tax rate cuts.
According to a source with knowledge on the matter, the US President Donald Trump is planning to extend Iran sanctions relief.
The Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said the President Enrique Pena Nieto had made clear that the country will never pay for the Trump border wall.
Facebook began to modify the way it filters videos and post on its News Feed, the beginning of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated would a string of changed in the network's design.
Fiat Chrysler stated that the company is set to shift pickup truck production to Michigan by 2020, investing $1B in the facility and creating 2,5K jobs.
Japan's current account surplus dropped to 1.70T yen in November from 2.44T yen in October, while analysts anticipated a slighter decline to 2.19T yen, according to the Ministry of Finance.
The Bank of Japan reported on Friday that bank lending rose 2.5% year-over-year in December, after increasing 2.7% in the preceding month.
Sources close to the matter reported on Thursday that Dropbox filed for a confidential US initial public offering.
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted Ecuadorian citizenship after living in the country's embassy in London for more than five years.
Sam's Club, a chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs operated by Wal-Mart, announced on Thursday that it would close some of its stores after a "review".
On Thursday, the Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un emerged victorious in the latest standoff with South Korea and the West.
The Turkish Constitutional Court ordered on Thursday the release of journalists Sahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, jailed in connection with the July 2016 coup attempt.
MoneyGram's shares surged 10.5% on Thursday after the company announced it partnered with Ripple, a blockchain-based payment company.
The Blue House reported China's President Xi Jinping welcomed progress made in talks between North and South Korea in his phone conversation with the South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Delta Air Lines reported on Thursday better-than-expected profit for the December quarter, sending the company's shares up 3.5% after the bell.
The State Department reported on Thursday that the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would attend a major international meeting of foreign ministers in Canada next week to discuss the North Korean crisis.