Together with President-elect Donald Trump, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced a $100 billion investment in the United States over the next four years during a visit to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Monday.

Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim air base on Dec. 8 as it came under drone attack after leaving Damascus that morning with rebel fighters closing in.