U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the Ukraine crisis had reinforced unity of the United States and its European allies, although he did not rule out the possibility of providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainian forces, an act opposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Australia's Defense Minister Kevin Andrews has dampened hopes that an Australian company might yet win the contract to build Australia's next generation of submarines.
China's liquidity injection may ratchet up investors' confidence in the Chinese stock market as its hot streak loses steam.
The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday proposed mobilizing 1 billion euros (about 1.14 billion U.S. dollars) for the Youth Employment Initiative as early as this year.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on early Sunday morning harshly condemned the purported killing of Kenji Goto, following the latest video message uploaded by the militant group Islamic State shows the beheading of a man suspected to be the captured Japanese national.
Italian parliament gathered in joint session of both Houses on Thursday for the first round of voting to elect the new president, after 89-year-old Giorgio Napolitano resigned on January 14th.
External shocks, including plunging oil prices, would cost the Russian economy 200 billion U.S. dollars, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday, warning that two sovereign wealth funds would be exhausted within the next two years if budget expenditures remain unchanged.
Italian analysts are keeping a close watch on what they expect to be a compromise solution to debt problems of bailed-out Greece following Syriza's electoral victory on Sunday.
As oil prices recently slid below the symbolic threshold of 50 U.S. dollars per barrel, the possible future scenario of the vital energy, which is more than just a fuel but also a maker and a wrecker of global wealth and growth, was naturally a subject of feverish discussions among elites gathering for the annual Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the criticism upon his acceptance of an invitation by U.S. Republicans to speak at the country's congress next month.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday that his administration had intensified efforts to modernize and transform the nation's railway system for national prosperity and development.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in an interview aired on Monday, challenged Iran to seize the chance to ink a deal with the world powers over its controversial nuclear program to make way for better relations with the United States.
South Korea's Finance Ministry on Monday revised down its 2015 growth outlook to 3.8 percent from an earlier forecast of 4 percent due to sour consumer sentiment and economic uncertainties.
A central government decision on the extension of service hours in Macao's three border ports, which came into effect Thursday, is expected to greatly facilitate exchanges and cooperation between Macao and the mainland.
Workers in online retailer Amazon's warehouses in Germany started a three-day strike on Monday, asking for higher payment and better working conditions.
Moscow hoped coordination on the division line between conflicting sides in eastern Ukraine would support the ceasefire regime and the withdrawal of heavy armaments, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Oil prices which hit the lowest level for four years at global market will not fall downer, an Algerian energy expert said Sunday in Algiers.