According to the AFP, one of Turkish merchant ships has collided with Greek military gunboat, which was participating in NATO drills in Aegean Sea; no casualties or notable damages have been reported so far.
The Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu talked via video conference call on Friday with leader of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar where both parties discussed various security problems in the Middle East and North Africa.
According to the White House, the US President Donald Trump will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on May 22 in order to discuss situation on the Korean Peninsula before the historic meeting with Kim Jong-un.
The British Foreign Office stated on Friday that its belief in the guilt of Russia in the Skripal case did not change despite revelations made by the President of Czech Republic Milos Zeman.
The Governor of Iowa Kim Reynolds put his signature on the bill on Friday that outlaws abortion after detection of fetal heartbeat, which usually happens at six weeks or before.
The Chairman of Venezuala's largest bank Banesco Juan Carlos Escotet slammed on Friday Venezuelan authorities for three-month state takeover and unjustified detention of 11 executives.
The ICT spending of Saudi Arabia grew by 6% to $36B in 2017, while the spending value for this year is expected to reach $40B.
The Hong Kong-based investment holding company Branding China Group Ltd has named the current Executive Director Lo Ken Bon as its new Chief Executive Officer.
South Korea and Saudi Arabia have agreed to expand their bilateral cooperation in such sectors as energy, health and culture.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the financial services provider Fidelity Investments had fired around 200 employees due to alleged misuse of its benefit programs.
The US-based printer and copier maker Xerox Corp appealed on Friday the ruling of a New York court to block its merger with the Japanese Fujifilm Holdings.
During their trade talks, the United States demanded China to reduce its trade surplus with the US by $200B, as well as lower tariffs and subsidies for advanced technologies.
John Williams, the Fed President of San Francisco, stated that the Central Bank should continue to hike interest rates gradually, while no sharp rise in inflation is anticipated.
Apple's stock reached an all-time high after Berkshire Hathaway owned by Warren Buffet disclosed it bought 75M more share of Apple in the first three-month period of 2018.
Oil prices grew nearly 2% on Friday, as the US crude hit the highest level since 2014, as markets awaited details about the new US sanctions on Iran, while global supplies were still tight.
The world's biggest coffee company Nestle was close to deal with Starbucks for the part of the company's business, which sells drinks and bagged coffee in supermarkets.
The US unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in a more than 17 years of 3.9%, as some out-of-work citizens left the labour force.
The US Non-Farm Payrolls added 164K positions last month, following an upwardly revised gain of 135K jobs in the prior month, the Labour Department reported.
France was against the EU entering into trade talks with the US on metal tariffs, a French official stated, adding that the exemption should be permanent.
The US industrial and aerospace company United Technologies Corp gained EU antitrust approval for its $23B bid for Rockwell Collins, the avionics maker.
China posted a $28.2B current account deficit in the March quarter of 2018, the country's FX regulator stated in the prelimnary report.
Retail sales in the Euro Zone grew less than anticipated 0.1% in March, following a 0.3% rise in the prior month, industry data revealed.
Western Europe's car sales increased 9.1% in the month of April compared to the same month year ago, supported by the timing of Easter holiday, the LMC report showed.
The French Ministry for the Economy and Finance rreported that the country's trade deficit widened in March due to a slump in aircraft sales.