Oil and gas will remain central to the world's supply of energy for decades to come, despite a surge of interest in renewables, the chief executive of giant producer Saudi Aramco Amin Nasser said Monday.

Germany's trade surplus widened in May, official data showed Monday, just days after a stormy G20 summit that saw clashes with the United States over protectionism.

Asian markets mostly headed into the weekend on a negative note Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street, US jobs data coming in below par and a dive in oil prices fueling losses across the energy sector.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and top EU officials agreed Thursday to the broad outline of a landmark trade deal, presented as a direct challenge to the protectionism championed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a formerly rebel-held district of Syria's Aleppo, factory owner Karam allows himself a small smile as he watches his machines back in action, churning out plastic goods.

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person in the central Philippines on Thursday, with at least five more people trapped inside a collapsed commercial building, officials said.

The EU and Japan broadly agreed on a massive free trade deal Wednesday in a clear challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump days before he takes his "America First" stance to a key summit.

Eurozone finance ministers delayed the latest bailout disbursement to Greece on Wednesday awaiting clarification on a legal case against European experts who had worked on the Greek privatization program.

Airbus said Wednesday it had won a major order from China of 140 planes for $22.8 billion, during a visit by President Xi Jinping to Berlin.

European stock markets wobbled Wednesday on investor jitters over North Korea's latest sabre-rattling.