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.
Mexican consumer confidence slid to 69.3 points in January, hitting its all-time-low on concerns over economic slowdown in the wake of Trump taking the Office.
Russia's prosecuting attorneys want to see a suspended sentence for Alexei Navalny to prevent the opposition figure from running for president in 2018.
The police of Congo eliminated at least eight Bundu dia Kongo sect separatists in a grapple in a usually conflict-free region of the country.
Philippine miners may draw a protest as the mine mass shutdown will take toll on 1.2M people.
On Friday, the Pakistan's First Minister Sharif stated that $11.5B will be invested in new highway section to expand economic growth and trading.
On Friday, the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a statement blamed Russia for the escalation of conflict in the eastern part of the country in a town Avdiyivka.
The Kremlin stated today that Russia established 'border zones' in several regions near Belarus in order to monitor the flow of people and that no border control is to be imposed between the two countries.
On Friday, the Turkish government accused Greece of breaking an international law, due to Greek-held military exercises on the island Kos in the Aegean Sea.
At least 15% of Facebook foreign workers having temporary employment visa in the US are at risk amid Donald Trump's "visa ban" executive order.
Heavy droughts swapped to unusual for Peru severe floods causing tragic loss of at least 20 lives and extensive material damage.
On Friday, prices for oil continued to rise, amid recent speculations that US might impose new sanctions on Iran.
Next week on Thursday the ECB President Mario Draghi is set to meet and discuss the Eurozone with Germany's Chancellor Angela Markel in Berlin.
On Friday, the US President's defense secretary warned North Korea about using nuclear weapons, stating that the reply will be "effecting and overwhelming".
According to the official data released on Friday, growth in the January's UK services sector worsened for the first time in four months, amid an increase in the costs for these business.
According to Canada's regulator, the cleaning of 35 barrels of raw oil spilled from Tundra Energy Marketing pipelines in Saskatchewan is almost complete.
The US President Donald Trump nominated the former CIA "black site" jail operator Gina Haspel as the US intelligence agency deputy chief.
Japan is eager to present its package to Donald Trump on providing the US with 700K workplaces and creating a $450B market.
Travis Kalanick, Uber CEO, quit the US President's business advisory group as employees and activists, who oppose new immigration policies, had put pressure on him.