Stock markets mostly retreated on Monday, with weak eurozone data knocking the region's indices and the euro.

Qatar Airways will continue to expand even as it prepares to announce "large" annual losses due to a blockade by neighbors, the airline's chief executive said on Monday.

Iran banned the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by banks and financial institutions on Monday amid ongoing debate over how best to regulate the technology.

Asian markets mostly fell Monday with technology firms extending last week's sharp losses, following another plunge in Apple as investors fret over the once-lucrative smartphone sector.

Global carmakers will show off their latest models at the Beijing Auto Show this week, days after China unveiled plans to shift gears in the world's biggest car market by lifting foreign ownership restrictions.

The gathering of world finance ministers began with heightened anxiety about the potential damage a U.S.-China trade war could do to the economic recovery but ended Saturday with a door open to negotiations.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's promise to build "socialist economic construction" in his nuclear-armed but impoverished and isolated country could herald more Chinese-style economic reforms, according to analysts -- but he will never explicitly say so.

The International Monetary Fund will systematically address corruption and its impact on economic growth with all its member countries under new guidelines launched on Sunday.

Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh said on Friday the global market has the capacity to absorb higher oil prices after crude made a strong recovery.

Russia said there was a "very solid foundation" for extending cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC countries at a meeting Friday of oil producers in Saudi Arabia.