The deal is designed to carve a potentially lucrative opening in the U.S. for Softbank, Japan's third-largest mobile carrier.

Brahimi underlined that the crisis in Syria "was getting worse every day and stressed the urgent need to stop the bloodshed".

The military commission hearings will also be shown at forts in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland.

The EU ministers are expected to impose new measures against Iran's banking sector, industry and shipping.

Ali Zeidan got 93 votes from Libyan lawmakers, eight more than his closest contender, Mohammed al-Harary.

King Sihamoni is flying to Beijing to accompany the late king home, a Cambodian government spokesman said.

But it has struggled to reduce its deficit because the cuts have deepened a recession, sending unemployment to a record 15.9%.

New companies and individuals are likely to be added to the list of some 270 Belarusian entities and people already blacklisted.

Calcalist quoted TI spokeswoman Whitney Jodry as saying that the company refrains from commenting on rumors.