News Headlines - 20 January 2014

▽BBC News - UN invites Iran to Syria peace talks

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has invited Iran to take part in preliminary Syrian peace talks this week in Switzerland, an offer Tehran has accepted.
Mr Ban said he had received assurances that Iran would play a positive role in securing a transitional government.

▽Militant group claims responsibility for Volgograd attack - FT.com

An Islamic militant group in the North Caucasus has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings in the southern Russian city of Volgograd last month and threatened to attack the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

▽BBC News - China-Japan poisoned dumplings: Chinese man jailed

A Chinese man has been sentenced to life in prison for poisoning dumplings that made 10 people ill in Japan, Japanese and Chinese media say.

▽BBC News - Credit card details on 20 million South Koreans stolen

Credit card details from almost half of all South Koreans have been stolen and sold to marketing firms.
The data was stolen by a computer contractor working for a company called the Korea Credit Bureau that produces credit scores.

▽Nintendo shares slump after profit warning | theguardian.com

Nintendo shares fell by as much as 18% in Japan as investors responded to a profit warning from the gaming giant.
On Friday, Nintendo said it would suffer a \35bn (￡200m) operating loss for the current financial year, compared with an earlier forecast of a \100bn operating profit.