Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray warned the US against imposing a levy on Mexican imports to cover border wall costs.
China appointed He Lifeng as a new head of the National Development and Reform Commission and a new commerce minister ahead of a Communist Party meeting later this year.
Addressing the Conservative Political Action Congress, the US President Donald Trump vowed to build a "great, great Mexican border wall" ahead of schedule.
The US President Donald Trump promised to make a budget request for one of the "greatest military build-ups in American history" at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
The US embassy in Guatemala stated on Friday that it was anticipating a formal extradition of request from the US Department of Justice of ex-Vice President of Guatemala Roxana Baldetti, who was charged with drug trafficking back in 2015.
On Friday, Sean Spicer, the US Press Secretary, held an off-camera briefing, where reporters of several major US news agencies were excluded from participation by the White House.
Pearson Publishing revealed that the company's full-year before-tax losses had expanded to £2.5B in 2016 compared with £433M registered in the preceding year.
Gold futures for delivery in April climbed 0.6% on the day, which helped the metal to close the week with a 1.6% advance, as worries over geopolitics sent the US Dollar down.
According to the state-run Telam news agency, a collision of two Monticas busses near Rosario, Argentina, left no less than 13 people dead, wounding over a dozen others.
On Friday, the Italian centre-left Democratic Party revealed it would hold a leadership contest initiated by the former PM Renzi on April 30, 2017.
A Russian diplomat claimed on Friday that the country would veto any sanctions imposed for Syria after chemical weapons were used on civilians.
Islamic State executed a car bombing attack in a rebel-held region of Syria on Friday, which killed around 50 people.
It was reported in an office announcement on Friday that the Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello held a meeting with Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary in order to enforce his plan to "put Puerto Rico's financial house in order".
The Pentagon told media on Friday that the US assisted Iraq's air strikes in Syria by providing intelligence as part of retaliation for terror attacks in Baghdad.
Donald Trump indicated that he would sign an order to put "regulatory reform" forces in agencies to pave the way for ebbed regulations which he has promised on his presidential cycle.
The Conservative party with Angela Merkel in front showed a slight lead in an opinion poll over the Social Democrats, which have recently displayed growth in popularity.
Home sales for January fell short of expectations in the US, most likely caused by floods in California, but nevertheless indicated a strengthening housing market.
Kim Jong Nam was killed with the VX nerve agent which is the strongest toxic nerve agent known, and classified as a mass destruction weapon by the UN, Malaysian police told media on Friday.
The Northern California authorities allowed thousands of the San Jose citizens to return back home after flooding, however, about 4K people had to stay in the shelters following the evacuation order.
South African police officers used force to break-up rival groups at the anti-immigrant protest on Friday, firing with rubber bullets and tear gas.
Mercedes-Benz estimates a potential demand on its new X-Class model pick-up van in North America as the older middle-sized pick-up truck meets a great demand in South America and Europe.
The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Waymo autonomous car unit brought a lawsuit against Uber Tech. and its affiliated self-driving car company Otto over the claims that the rival companies stole its secret automated vehicle technology.
On Friday, Samsung Electronics announced that it would toughen the donation rules following the corruption scandal and resignation offer of the two top executives.
The US President Donald Trump alleged China is the great leader of the Yuan currency manipulation, however, the Secretary of Treasury Stephen Mnuchin said he would not label China as manipulator that early.