Britain and the United States on Friday reaffirmed their "highest level of special" relations as leaders of the two countries met amid expectation discrepancies and widespread protests.

Death toll of a suicide blast hitting a campaign rally in Mastung area of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday has mounted to 128 till Saturday morning, officials said.

The European Commission downgraded its growth forecast for the eurozone this year due to external factors such as U.S. trade uncertainty and high oil prices, the Commission said Thursday in a statement.

Switzerland has launched a dispute at the the World Trade Organization (WTO) against "unjustified" U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs, the Swiss economy ministry said Tuesday in a statement.