The EU sharply cut the growth forecast for Greece on Thursday, sparking worries that a long delay in its bailout program was damaging the economy.

Leading Middle East airline Emirates said Thursday its profits had plunged by 82.5 percent in its last fiscal year, blaming fierce competition, currency devaluations and U.S. travel restrictions.

Saudi Arabia's budget deficit fell by 71 percent in the first quarter of this year, the finance minister said on Thursday, after the kingdom made sweeping spending cuts.  

German authorities said Wednesday they had opened a probe into up to 2,000 companies registered in Malta on suspicion of tax fraud, after receiving an anonymous tip.

President Beji Caid Essebsi said Wednesday that the army will protect the output from Tunisia's main resources from being disrupted by protests over social and labor issues.

World stock markets diverged and the dollar wobbled on Wednesday, as investors digested the overnight news that U.S. President Donald Trump has fired FBI director James Comey.

Toyota on Wednesday reported its first drop in annual net profit for five years, while it unexpectedly warned that earnings would fall again owing to pricey U.S. customer incentives and a forecast pick up in the yen.

Palestinians called for a boycott of Pizza Hut on Tuesday after the company's franchise in Israel was accused of mocking hunger-striking prisoners.

Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election is "good news" for trade-reliant Asia as it eases fears of rising protectionism in Europe, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday.

Germany's second-largest lender Commerzbank on Tuesday reported steady growth in the first quarter, saying that it would press on with far-ranging restructuring plans over the rest of the year.

Net profit increased 28.4 percent to 217 million euros ($237 million) between January and March compared with the same period last year, the bank said in a statement.