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.
Belarus seeks to attract $70M loan from China to foster development of small and medium-sized business. In 2016, Belarus received $446.9M from China's bank loans.
The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the country did not seek to join NATO, cherishing good ties and the agreement with Russia on the defense of the Belarusian land.
Spanish bank Banco Popular reported 3.5B euros of losses in 2016, lower than expected and compared with 105M euros of profits earned a year earlier.
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 25 persons and entities in response to Iran's provocative behaviour and ballistic missile programme.
The First Minister of Malaysia has sent humanitarian aid to Myanmar's Muslim minority Rohingya in a move to urge the government stop violence against the country's Moslems.
Having served as the President of Angola for 38 years, Jose dos Santos affirmed he was not going to run for presidency in the upcoming 2017 elections.
The official data released on Friday showed that the US non-farm payrolls had posted the biggest gain over the last four months, adding as many as 227K jobs in January.
Nick Hayek, the CEO of Swatch, said that the certification process of the car battery developed by the Swatch Group research company would take two to three more years.
Being supported by the upbeat US jobs data, S&P500 was trading in the positive territory on Friday, ultimately closing the session up 1.76%, just a wee bit below the record high.