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.
The Chinese retailer Alibaba Group opened headquarters in Australia and New Zealand amid increase in demand for products from these countries.
The US economy added 227,000 jobs in January, the largest increase in four months, but wages barely increased, said the Labor Department on Friday.
US top executives expressed concerns over a travel ban during a meeting with the President Donald Trump on Friday.
Saturday in France begins with the far-right party leader Marine Le Pen starting her presidential campaign, hoping her manifesto will increase her chances of winning the elections in April and May.
On Friday, prices for oil continued to rise as the US imposed a new set of sanctions on several Iranian entities. Furthermore, an upbeat figure of the Nonfarm Payrolls also played its part, suggesting energy demand is to remain high.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Frederica Mogherini agreed to hold a meeting to discuss cooperation on international and regional problems.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed concerns about the escalation of tension in the Eastern Ukraine and urged to stop combat actions in the region.