Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathway gained more than $1.6B from its investment in Apple, after shares of the hi-tech company surged. Berkshire's stake in Apple stock rose to 61.2M shares to a total of $6.75B.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan Mistura plans to conduct the next round of intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva in March. Earlier Mistura said that he would focus on a political solution at the intra-Syrian talks.
A man drove a car into pedestrians in a central square in Heidelberg, Germany, injuring three people. The attacker tried to flee away, but was shot by the police officers.
Following a push through the last major stronghold of Islamic State militants, Iraqi forces continued to advance in western Mosul.
Both opponents and supporters of Rodrigo Duterte's drug policy went into streets on Saturday during the "People Power" celebration in Philippines, which later turned into a demonstration.
The current frontrunner of the French Presidential Election Emmanuel Macron will hold a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel mid-March, reliable sources reported on Saturday.
A Syrian government official said that the suicide bombings and gunmen attacks on the Homs city were a clear message to the Geneva peace talks and would not be left without a response.
Francois Hollande responded to Donald Trump's statements that his friend said that „Paris is no longer Paris" after the terror attacks of November 2016, by urging him not to act provocatively.
Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, claimed on Saturday that he would not name a successor for his post, but would rather hold a congress to name a new candidate if the ruling party preferred him to retire.
Adel Al-Jubeir the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi in a visit to Baghdad.
Malaysian officials claimed that the Kuala Lumpur airport will be swept to search for chemicals following Kim Jong Nam's death and an arrest warrant will be issued if the North Korean diplomat involved would not turn himself in.
Iranian officials told on Saturday that the country is planning to buy uranium ore from Kazakhstan to produce nuclear fuel with help from Russia.
CEO of DoubleLine Capital Jeffrey Gundlach told press that he is looking for US 10-year T-note yields to slip beneath 2.25% due to increased safe haven demand.
On Saturday, Germany's Chancellor Merkel stated that the country should comply the commitment to enhance defence spendings amid NATO'S target of 2% of GDP.
According to premier's media office, Saudi Foreign Minister Al-Jubeir visited Baghdad to meet Iraqi First Minister Al-Abadi, for the first time since the last US invasion.
Turkish PM Yildirim urged the public to support constitutional change to strengthen President Erdogan's power, as a vote for strength and stability in April's referendum.
On Saturday, four bombs exploded near the minor Kirkuk pipeline, northern Iraq's oilfield, killing one Kurdish security officer and wounding two people.
The United Nations has urged Burundian political parties to participate in peace negotiations to fix east African nations' political crisis.
On Saturday, 10 people were killed in a hotel blaze in Nanchang, southeastern China. Xinhua news agency stated that construction tools caused the blaze.
According to war monitor in Syria, 42 deaths are reported in Homs amid suicide bombers' attack on Syrian security forces. Majority of victims are military security officers.
The first planned contact between the US President Trump and North Korea was cancelled amid the visa denial for Pyongyang's top envoy by the US State Department.
Philippine President Duterte's political opponents have turned a historical festivity of the insurrection against dictatorship into a protest, criticising a war on drugs.
On Saturday, Syrian security forces were attacked by the militants in Homs, western Syria. 14 people are killed, including a senior officer.
The Syrian forces are moving towards the ancient city of Palmyra amid a bid to retake the city from the Islamic State group.