On Thursday, China agreed that the United Nations Security Council must take more action on the North Korean crisis. At the same time, China urges to solve the conflict via diplomatic means.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that he opposes both early presidential and parliamentary elections and called such proposals "irrational".
On Thursday, thousands of South Koreans clashed with law enforcement officers, protesting against the US THAAD defence system deployment.
On Thursday, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged international community to act quickly on the escalating North Korean crisis.
The South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday he hoped that Russia would continue its support for North Korean sanctions.
The European Union is to discuss further sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test, as the region's defence and foreign ministers meet in Tallinn, Estonia.
Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest storms in Atlantic, reached the coast of Puerto Rico late on Wednesday after hitting several Caribbean Islands that resulted in casualties.
The common European currency rose 0.1% against the US Dollar to $1.1925 on Thursday morning ahead of the ECB Press Conference scheduled for 1230GMT today.
The New Zealand unit of the UK fashion retailer Topshop announced that it was placed in receivership, after the franchise struggled amid higher competition and suffered losses.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics stated that the country' retail sales were flat over the course of July, where the weakness came from department store sales, but was offset by higher sales of food.
Chinese logistics company Best, backed by Alibaba, launched an initial public offering totalling $932M, as it was seeking funds to extend its supply chain and logistics network.
The South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe are set to ask Russia and China to support new North Korea sanctions.
Western Digital was in talks to get voting rights of 16% in memory chip unit of Toshiba on belief that the company will be listed later.
The European commission announced its intention to bolster the bloc's cyber security by higher investment in technology, diplomacy and stricter consumer protection.
The US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Saudi King Salman, which agreed to visit the White House in the beginning of the next year.
The European Union is expected to ask the United Kingdom to be responsible for solving problems of Ireland border, providing better immigration rules.
On Wednesday, the Catalan parliament adopted a law that formally scheduled a referendum on independence from Spain on October 1, 2017.
On Wednesday, a group of Democratic attorneys general from the District of Columbia and 15 other states filed a suit, challenging the US President Donald Trump's decision to terminate the DACA program.
On Wednesday, the US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed his support to Donald Trump's agreement with the Democrats to raise the US debt limit not later than December 15.
On Wednesday, the US House Speaker Paul Ryan emphasized that new legislation on the DACA program must also address various border security problems.
On Wednesday, the Scandinavian biggest bank Nordea said it would transfer its headquarters to Finland in an attempt to reduce regulatory costs.
On Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump agreed with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi that lawmakers have to extent the US debt limit not later than December 15.
Both Royal Bank of Canada and Scotiabank, Canada's largest banks, reported on Wednesday that the BoC's latest rate hike would boost their profits.
United Airlines ordered 10 additional Airbus A350 passenger jets to replace Boeing's 777-200ER jets, the two companies reported on Wednesday.