On Saturday, the US President Donald Trump said that the Justice Department is going to win an appeal of a Seattle judge's order, which led to debarring of citizens of seven majorly-Muslim countries.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would welcome a free trade deal between the EU and South America, which could include agriculture and energy.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces a revolt from as many as 27 lawmakers in the Conservative Party, who wish to "wreck" the Brexit law.
Romania's government bowed to pressure to massive protests and vowed to scrap changes to criminal legislation that fuelled concerns they would roll back anti-corruption efforts.
The US President Donald Trump criticised a judge's ruling that blocked the order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries, saying that the decision was ridiculous.
The US authorities rolled backed travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations after a judge James Robart ruled there were legal grounds to suspend it.
French far-right leader Marie Le Pen launched her presidential campaign with a promise to protect voters from globalisation and make France "free".
The PBOC unexpectedly lifted lending rates to banks, widely regarded as a shift to neutral monetary policy, while the government promised to better adjust money supply and adapt to changes in monetary tools.
The biggest bank in Italy, UniCredit, sealed a deal with trade unions to cut 3,900 jobs in the country as the bank prepares for a 13M euro share issue next year.
US authorities instructed Royal Jordanian to allow the previously banned countries' residents to board their flights if they are in possession of the visas required.
Google was ordered to turn over the e-mails of customers based outside of the US, unlike Microsoft, which did not have to comply with such demands in an analogous case.
According to Xinhua news agency, in China, where child trafficking is at an extremely high level, a mobile application helped the authorities to retrieve hundreds of children that went missing during the previous year.
On Saturday, the US-backed military alliance in Syria stated that it took a new step in its campaign against the ISIL-held city of Raqqa, expecting to surround and ultimately retake the city.
According to Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander, his country would use missiles against its enemies if threatened, adding fuel to the fire of the recent US warning.
After a Seattle judge blocked US President Donald Trump's ban order, preventing citizens of seven majorly-Muslim countries entering the US, several airline companies stated on Saturday that they would now allow passengers to board US-bound flights.
On Saturday, thousands in Australia rallied to protest against the US President Donald Trump's order banning refugees and seven majorly-Muslim countries.
On Saturday, a Ministry of Commerce official of China stated that China is discontent with US tax rates on Chinese steel products, as those remain high.
On Saturday, a Turkish military official said that Turkey killed 59 militants and hit 59 ISIL targets in the city of al-Bab in the northern part of Syria in an ongoing operation, which began nearly six months ago.
On Saturday, the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop stated that the refugee resettlement deal with the US would run its course, in spite of US immigration officials supposedly blocking progress on the deal.
By the request of the Afghan government the UN Security Council lift sanctions against the Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, which is supposed to be a huge step towards peace in Afghanistan.
Iran defied US warnings by scheduling a military exercise on Saturday to execute another test of its ballistic missiles and radar systems, just a day after imposed sanctions.
China on Friday reaffirmed its opposition to the deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, after the US confirmed the deployment plans.
The US Defense Secretary James Mattis told that Iran is the "biggest state sponsor of terrorism", shortly after the US announced new sanctions against the country.
A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on US President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.