Russia will work with Saudi Arabia against any "attempt to destabilize" the oil market, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Sunday, on the eve of a visit to Riyadh.

Boeing unveiled a shift to its leadership structure on Friday as it manages the 737 MAX crisis, announcing that Dennis Muilenburg will remain chief executive but step down as chairman.

British energy major BP said Friday that it will take a charge of $2-3 billion (1.8-2.7 billion euros) on the back of major asset sales including its Alaska division.

French automaker Renault sacked its chief executive Thierry Bollore on Friday, the latest turbulence to rock the company since the arrest of his previous boss Carlos Ghosn on financial misconduct charges just under a year ago.

US aviation regulators were slammed Friday for allowing design changes to Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft that have been implicated in two crashes causing the deaths of more than 300 people.

Oil prices surged more than two percent Friday after an Iranian tanker was hit by suspected missile strikes near Saudi Arabia, sparking fresh supply concerns with tensions already high after last month's attacks on two Saudi crude facilities.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet with China's top trade envoy as the two sides pursue fraught negotiations that this week appeared headed for a dead end.

The EU removed Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates from its list of tax havens on Thursday, giving two global hubs for multinational tax schemes the all clear. 

Asian markets were mixed Thursday with investors moving cautiously as they sifted through conflicting reports about the outlook for upcoming China-US trade talks.

Global investors have been broadly upbeat in recent weeks that the meeting in Washington between top-level representatives would see at least some progress.

As they prepared to return to the negotiating table on Thursday, top Chinese trade officials faced a blitz of aggressive US maneuvers, with expectations for a grand bargain between both sides approaching zero.