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• Coming soon to Facebook- more action, battle games

  *Facebook games platform to publish 10 titles. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1- When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco- based startup felt sure it had a hit on its hands.

• UPDATE 5-Oil rises above $116 on renewed Mideast tension

  LONDON, Feb 1- Brent crude oil rose above $116 on Friday to reach a four-month high after a suicide bombing attack on the U.S. embassy in Ankara increased the focus on tension across the region. Brent futures for March rose $1.18 to a high of $116.73 a barrel, its highest since mid-September, before easing back to around $116.25 by 1500 GMT.

• UPDATE 6-Brent crude up, spread trading widens premium to US oil

  The spread had narrowed earlier this month with the start up of the expanded Cushing to Texas Seaway pipeline, which had been expected to to draw down Midwest inventories bulging from rising North American production.

• UPDATE 7-Brent crude rises, premium widens over US crude

  NEW YORK, Jan 31- Brent crude oil futures rose to three-month highs on Thursday, widening its premium over U.S. crude, concerns about rising crude stockpiles in the U.S. Traders cited concerns about stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery point for the U.S. contract, which have pushed to record highs.

• UPDATE 2-Syria protests Israel attack, warns of 'surprise'

  *Syria says Israel bombed military research centre. The foreign ministry summoned the head of the U.N. force in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to deliver the protest a day after Israel hit what Syria said was a military research centre and diplomats said was a weapons convoy heading for Lebanon.

• UPDATE 6-Brent crude oil edges up with economic sentiment

  NEW YORK, Jan 31- Brent crude oil prices edged higher on Thursday, briefly touching a three-month high, as traders weighed mixed economic data from the United States and Europe. The international benchmark rose to $115.25 a barrel, the highest level since mid-October, before retreating as U.S. crude and gasoline futures sank.

• UPDATE 5-Oil slips under $115, underlying strength seen

  "I wouldn't read too much into it," said Carsten Fritsch, an oil analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, adding he expected oil prices to make further gains this week. Brent slipped 23 cents to $114.67 a barrel by 1452 GMT, after earlier hitting $115.25, the highest since Oct. 16.

• UPDATE 1-Syria warns of "surprise" response to Israel attack

  *Hezbollah, Russia, Iran denounce attack. *Syria says Israel bombed military research centre. Damascus could take "a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes", Syrian ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali said a day after Israel struck against Syria.

• UPDATE 4-Oil holds near $115 on hopes for global economy revival

  "I wouldn't read too much into it," said Carsten Fritsch, an oil analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, adding he expected oil prices to make further gains this week. And we have these ongoing supply risks in the Middle East and North Africa, with more and more countries coming into the spotlight, like Algeria and Egypt. "

• ANALYSIS-Small island, big problem: how Cyprus troubles the euro zone

  BRUSSELS, Jan 31- Just when European leaders thought they were getting to grips with three years of economic turmoil, along came Cyprus, a seemingly small problem but one that cannot be ignored.

• UPDATE 2-Brent holds near $115 on global economy revival hopes

  SINGAPORE, Jan 31- Brent crude hovered near $115 per barrel on Thursday, not far from a more than three-month high, as the U.S. So better news out of China and expectations for recovery in the United States caused risk money to come back into equities, commodities and energy, "said Tony Nunan, an oil risk manager at Mitsubishi.

• UPDATE 1-Brent rises above $115, hits highest since Oct on economic hopes

  SINGAPORE, Jan 31- Brent crude edged up to a more than three-month high above $115 per barrel on Thursday, as the U.S. So better news out of China and expectations for recovery in the United States caused risk money to come back into equities, commodities and energy, "said Tony Nunan, an oil risk manager at Mitsubishi.

• Brent rises above $115, hits highest since Oct on economic hopes

  SINGAPORE, Jan 31- Brent crude edged up to a more than three-month high above $115 per barrel on Thursday, as the U.S. So better news out of China and expectations for recovery in the United States caused risk money to come back into equities, commodities and energy, "said Tony Nunan, an oil risk manager at Mitsubishi.

• Israeli Warplanes Strike in Syria

  Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, foreign officials and Syrian state TV said Wednesday, amid fears President Bashar Assad's regime could provide powerful weapons to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah.

• Israeli Warplanes Attack Syrian Military Targets: NBC 

  

  CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports Israeli warplanes have attacked Syrian Military targets near Damascus, according to NBC News. (0:52)

• INSIGHT-Egypt is once again risking its future

  CAIRO, Jan 30- With violence sweeping Egypt's cities and the economy lurching deeper into crisis, each passing day is adding new bricks to a wall of mistrust between the Islamist-led government of President Mohamed Mursi and a fractured secular opposition.

• UPDATE 2-Bank of Israel's Fischer says deputy possible successor

  JERUSALEM, Jan 30- Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Wednesday his deputy Karnit Flug would be capable of replacing him when he steps down ahead of time in June for personal reasons.

• UPDATE 5-Army warns unrest pushing Egypt to the brink

  *Army had ruled Egypt in transition after Mubarak fell. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a U.S.-trained general appointed by President Mohamed Mursi last year to head the armed forces, added in a statement on Tuesday that one of the primary goals of deploying troops in cities on the Suez Canal was to protect the waterway that is vital for Egypt's economy and world trade.

• UPDATE 4-Army warning: unrest pushing Egypt to brink

  *Army had ruled Egypt in transition after Mubarak fell. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a U.S.-trained general appointed by President Mohamed Mursi last year to head the armed forces, added in a statement on Tuesday that one of the primary goals of deploying troops in cities on the Suez Canal was to protect the waterway that is vital for Egypt's economy and world trade.

• Egypt Army Chief Warns of ‘State Collapse’

  

  Egypt's army chief said political strife was pushing the state to the brink of collapse - a stark warning from the institution that ran the country until last year, as Cairo's first elected leader struggles to contain bloody street violence.