The number of unemployed Germans fell 11K in September, exceeding analysts' expectations for a 10K drop, and compared to the prior month's downwardly revised fall of 22K.
According to the TASS news outlet, Turkey has bought the advance S-400 air defence missile systems from Russia for more than $2B, raising concerns in the United States.
SoftBank announced on Thursday it had secured a $23.3B top loan deal to refinance the acquisition loans for the UK chip designer ARM and US telecommunication firm Sprint.
On Thursday, Etihad Airways announced that it would end the Dallas-Fort Worth route the next year, following American Airlines' decision to halt a codeshare deal between the two carriers.
Samsung Electronics named Roh Hee-chan as the company's new Chief Financial Officer to replace the ex-CFO Lee Sang-hoon, putting Roh in charge of a $68B corporate cash pile.
The ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to face trial over the corruption allegations, linked to the London properties that his family owns.
The US President Donald Trump urged for death penalty for an Uzbek man accused of the truck attack in New York that left eight people dead and a dozen injured.
On Wednesday, the Iraqi forces threatened to resume military operations against the Kurds to capture the Kurdish-held territory over delay of handing over Iraqi borders' control.
The ABS reported on Monday that the Australian trade surplus widened to $1.75B in September, compared to the prior month's $0.87B and topping analysts' expectations for a surge to $1.42B.
On Thursday, China's PC maker Lenovo reported an 11% slide in its Q2 profit on supply constraints and difficulties in the personal computer market.
The US leader Donald Trump is expected to name Jerome Powell as the next Federal Reserve chair on Thursday's afternoon.
China is set to cut tariffs imposed on imported consumer goods and increase bank financing aimed to support imports, the Vice Commerce Minister Wang Bingnan said.
Bank of England was considering the interest rate increase to be made for the first time since 2007, despite the UK economic growth appearing slower than before the prior hike.
Facebook announced that the company's quartelrly profit rose nearly 79%, despite Washington's criticism on failure to prevent Russia from using the company's advertising platform.
The current and former CEOs of Equifax Inc and the former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer will testify before the US Senate panel over two massive client data breaches.
The ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont does not plan to return to Spain to testify over the region's push for independence.
Wearable device maker Fitbit reported a loss of $113M in the third quarter compared to a profit in the same period the previous year.
At least 29 civilians were killed in Yemen after a Saudi air strike destroyed a busy market in the north of the country, local media say.
China and Russia on Wednesday signed dozens of agreements in numerous areas including energy, space exploration and investment after a meeting between the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.
Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan representatives meet in Iran's capital Tehran to discuss collaboration in commerce, tourism and security.
The Fed kept interest rates unchanged and noted robust US economic growth and strengthening labour market, adding to signs that the central bank is on track to raise borrowing costs again in December.
Goldman Sachs economists revised their forecast of US non-farm payrolls for October to a 340K rise, up from a 325K gain, and raised their estimate of GDP for the Q3 by one percentage point to 3.1%.
The Energy Information Administration reported that the US commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 2.4M barrels in the week ended October 27.
On Wednesday, data released by the Institute for Supply Management showed the US Manufacturing PMI dropped to the 58.7-point mark, missing expectations for a 59.5-point reading.