On Saturday, South Korea and the United States discussed military response options after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Some of the EU member states said that they would strike back if the new US anti-Russian energy sanctions hit the EU energy sector.
The Foreign Minister of Vietnam asked his Indonesian counterpart to investigate the issue that Indonesian navy shot dead and wounded two Vietnamese fishermen in the East Sea.
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of seven journalists from jail after they spent nine months behind bars on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Moscow remained ready to work with the US despite the new sanctions being readied approved by Congress.
At least five people were killed in renewed clashes between police and protesters in Venezuela, where a 48-hour strike called for by the opposition was taking place.
The Syrian government troops entered the last ISIL-held town of al-Sukhna in Homs province.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain meet in Manama today to discuss the latest developments on the blockade of Qatar.
The Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani asked the United Nations to help in resolving the Gulf crisis.
China urges the Republic of Korea and the United States to stop the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system.
The Russian Central Bank left its key interest rate at 9%, citing inflationary pressures and geopolitical risks.
Wells Fargo announced that it would cut 69 senior managers at its retail unit after a fake accounts scandal.
China asked North Korea to follow United Nations Security Council resolutions to ease tensions in the region after the nation conducted another successful intercontinental ballistic missile test.
North Korea said on Saturday that it had successfully fired another intercontinental ballistic missile, possibly the longest range missile ever tested by the nation.
In a move aimed to shake up his top aide team, the US President replaced Reince Priebus, the White House Chief of Staff, with John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps General.
In spite of a government push towards closer ties with the EU, Moldova's President expressed his hopes over the possibility of the country to become an observer to the EEU in 2017.
In a response to the latest North Korea's ICBM launch, South Korea decided to proceed with the additional THAAD anti-missile defence system units deployment.
Late on Friday, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was set to prolong a debt limit measure for two extra months, as the previous period is due to expire.
According to people with knowledge on the matter, Sprint has offered a merger with Charter Communications, as the company seeks for alternatives to its T-Mobile deal.
In a statement released late on Friday, the White House said the US President Donald Trump was set to approve a bill imposing sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea.
The oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp reported weaker-than-expected profits in the second quarter of 2017, resulting from reduced production in its Canadian and African operations.
The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Neel Kashkari favours a reduction of the Fed' s $4.5T balance sheet due to its recent inability to boost the US economy.
Oil prices were trading at a two-month high on Friday, thus experiencing the strongest weekly rise of 2017 amid signs of mitigated oversupply risks.
The second largest Canadian pipeline operator TransCanada Corp planned to finalise its decision on the Keystone XL investment project by December, a representative said on Friday.