Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday formally declared Mosul liberated from Islamic State (IS) militant group after nine months of fierce fighting to dislodge the extremist militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq.
Russia and the United States will continue cooperation in Syria on the basis of a trilateral agreement with Jordan on setting up a de-escalation zone in the war-torn country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
A so-called "Justice March" launched by Turkey's main opposition party from Ankara on Sunday culminated in a mass rally in Istanbul, in which the party's leader put forth 10-point demands including lifting the state of emergency enforced in the wake of a coup attempt in July last year.
The U.S. dollar changed hands around the 114 yen line in early deals in Tokyo on Monday, after reaching above the 114 yen line in New York at the end of last week.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures most likely to trade higher next week on record heat in Midwest U.S and not enough rain in central U.S. Plains, analysts said.
Cuba plans to court foreign investment in the tourism sector with proposed theme parks and water parks, according to the Tourism Ministry.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin forming a cyber security unit in their first meeting amid speculation about his acceptance of Putin's denial of Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday said the victory in the battles against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Mosul is guaranteed and it is a matter of time to defeat the extremist militants and "declare great victory" in the city.
Samsung Electronics posted its record-high operating profit in the second quarter, logging a double-digit growth compared with a year earlier, the company said Friday.
American software giant Microsoft Corporation reportedly began Thursday sending layoff notices to employees, probably thousands of them involved in sales and marketing operations.
China's per capita floor area rose to 40.8 square meters in 2016, a sign of improved living conditions, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.
At least 28 people were killed in a prison riot on Thursday between suspected members of rival gangs in a prison in southern Mexican state of Guerrero, according to local authorities.
Members of European Parliament (MEPs) meeting here for a plenary session on Wednesday backed the first-ever agreement between the European Union (EU) and Cuba in an unprecedented shift in bilateral relations between the bloc and the island nation.
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of his German counterpart Angela Merkel's performance, a majority of Americans say that they have more confidence in Merkel as a leader than they do in Trump, a new Pew Research survey said on Wednesday.
From Harbin in the far north, to Shenzhen in the deep south, property markets in China's most prosperous cities are finally cooling as tough home purchase restrictions begin to bite.
Lotte Chemical Titan Holding, a Malaysian unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, on Tuesday set a lower share price for the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) in Malaysia, fixing the price at 6.50 ringgit (1.51 U.S. dollars).
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Wednesday that Qatar's response to the demands of Egypt and Gulf countries was "very negative."
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