According to the sources familiar with the matter, the US President Donald Trump is not likely to meet Pope Francis in May during the Italy G7 summit; the case that diplomats find highly unusual.
The ex-US President Barack Obama is eager to visit Berlin in May with intention to join the Protestant Reformation celebrations together with the Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the event also coincides with the NATO summit on May 25.
Russia is seeking to have productive talks with the US State Secretary Rex Tillerson on Wednesday, but stated it was strongly preoccupied that the United States may independently attack North Korea.
On Tuesday, the Defence Ministry of Russia reported about two of its military members who were killed in Syria's mortar attack launched by a militant group.
According to the Forsa Institut poll, 47% of German voters aged 18-21 and 43% among all the potential voters back the Chancellor Angela Merkel, comparing to 29% of the young voters and 32% in total for Martin Schulz.
On Tuesday, the US State Secretary Rex Tillerson stated that the United States had high hopes on Russia to abandon the support of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad following the latest chemical attack situation.
China's conglomerate LeEco crumbed a planned $2B deal to acquire the US TV maker Vizio amid the regulatory issues, but declined to provide any further details.
On Tuesday, Eurostat reported that industrial output in the Euro zone dropped 0.3% month-over-month in February, but climbed 1.2% on a yearly basis.
The Head of the Bank for International Settlements Jaime Caruana said on Tuesday that central banks should be ready for monetary policy normalisation.
On Tuesday, the main suspect in the Stockholm truck attack that left four dead and 15 wounded Rakhmat Akilov admitted guilt of committing a terror crime.
On Tuesday, the Russian top oppositionist Alexei Navalny stated he would not stop organising protests against the President Vladimir Putin, despite being jailed to 15 days lately for the the biggest anti-authorities protest leading.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to restore the negotiations over the Western Sahara, highlighting that the talks should include both Morocco and the Polisario independence movement proposals.
On Tuesday, the Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that according to Ankara's findings, the government of Syria still had chemical weapons capacity, and urged to prevent its eventual usage.
The G7 foreign ministers and their Middle Eastern allies united on Tuesday to discuss Syria as the Group seeks to isolate Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
United Airlines triggered a rush of indignation as an Asian passenger was physically dragged off the plane, screaming and bleeding from his mouth following man's denial to volunteer a seat for an employee of the overbooked airline.
The anti-corruption agency of Indonesia issued an overseas travel ban for six months to the Parliament speaker amid the graft probe that involved new national ID cards.
On Monday, seven people died and 10 more were injured in Mexico City as concrete slabs collapsed on the workers who were constructing a car park.
On Tuesday, the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund started hiring external asset managers for investments in real estate, infrastructure and private equity.
Sources close to Japan's Toshiba reported that the company aimed to file its delayed earnings results later today even without auditors' approval.
Sources close to Japan's Toshiba reported that the company aimed to file its delayed earning results later today even without auditors' approval.
On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the Bank would raise interest rates as soon as it decides to end the quantitative easing programme.
Major Asian stocks traded lower on Tuesday amid growing political tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East and the French general election.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Governor of the Bank of Japan, said the BOJ is aiming for inflation to moderately reach 2% target driven by increases in corporate earnings and wages.
A break in EU financial rules allowed member states to compete in conducting the trading operations of investment banks based in London after Brexit.