Reuters

The Gulf airline said it would look to strengthen commercial ties with the European carrier and may consider increasing its stake over time.

It previously forecast 770 billion yen, but has set aside an extra 50 billion yen to cover what it said were quality-related costs.

But factory output rose 1.0 percent in December helped by a much-awaited rebound in exports.

Sky will offer voice and data services to all customers through a wholesale partnership with Telefonica's O2 network.

Shell also announced a relatively modest three-year, $15 billion cut in spending to help it weather the plunge in oil prices.

Jordan said on Wednesday it had received no assurance that al-Kasaesbeh was safe .

Finance chiefs around the world had previously given the U.S. a Jan. 1 deadline and threatened to move without it if it failed to do so.

Four voting members from regional Feds at the policy panel are considered less hawkish than last year's rotating members.

The unverified message was posted on YouTube early on Thursday.

Collapse in global oil prices is helping to push the Fed further from achieving a key policy goal of raising annual inflation to two percent.

A China regulator said many products sold on Alibaba's e-commerce websites and services infringed upon trademarks, were substandard or fake.

With no rival offer forthcoming Songbird recommended its minority shareholders should now accept the deal.

A Shell spokesman told Reuters Iraq's cabinet had authorized the project on Jan 13.

A program used by U.S. and British spies to record keystrokes was part of hacking operations in over a dozen countries, security experts said, after Edward Snowden reportedly leaked the source code for the program.

The group employs about 1.3 million people during peak production times, making it one of the largest private employers in the world.

According to local media, as many as 10 residents from the town of Lunel sought to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamists.

British gross domestic product grew by 2.6 percent in 2014 as a whole, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.

A fair oil price is what would ultimately balance supply and demand, Aramco's CEO said Tuesday.

Fidel Castro appeared to lend his support to Cuba's talks with the U.S. with a statement that addressed his longtime adversary for the first time since Cuba and the U.S. announced they would restore diplomatic ties.

Senate Democrats blocked the Keystone XL pipeline bill from moving forward on Monday, but supporters of the project vowed to push ahead and eventually get a vote on the measure.

The death of Alberto Nisman this month shone a spotlight on the powerful state spy apparatus.

From his deathbed, Kremlin-critic Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his murder.

The talks have been spurned by key political opposition and do not involve the main insurgent groups fighting on the ground.

The decision was made "out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting the embassy," a statement issued by the embassy said.

The officials were seized as they were preparing a planned visit by Education Minister Eloi Anguimate to the town.

Some OPEC members, including Venezuela, have continued to call for output cuts.

Christie, 52, has not declared a bid for the presidency, but has discussed national themes in recent speeches.

The tent city has two hospitals, seven medical clinics and enough classrooms for 10,000 children, according to AFAD.