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China is set to release fourth quarter and full-year GDP data on Jan.19.
Markit warned the state of economic recovery was still fragile and that "meaningful job creation last recorded was in 2013".
It was a mixed bag in the US, however, as fears of an oil glut continued.
Khoja president of the Syrian National Coalition has in recent weeks reiterated the group's opposition to Assad.
China's securities regulator said it was studying rules to regulate share sales by major holders and senior executives in listed companies.
Saudi Arabia announced severed ties with Iran after its embassy in Tehran was firebombed in protest at the kingdom's execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Incidentally, the document names the United States as one of the threats to Russia's national security for the first time.
Surveys across Asia showed industry struggling with slack demand.
Germany says Greece is not doing enough to secure its borders amid a continuing refugee crisis.
