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Military leaders from 14 countries on Jan. 15 agreed to support Turkey's ongoing Euphrates Shield operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in northern Syria. 

A Germany-bound plane from Oman has landed in Kuwait after a bomb threat.
The state-run KUNA news agency said the plane set off from the Omani city of Salalah and was bound for Cologne.
KUNA said some 299 people were evacuated on landing as authorities searching the aircraft.

A re-balancing of world oil markets could occur in the first half of next year if production cuts by OPEC and other producers are implemented, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol said on Dec. 13.

Birol told a conference in Prague that higher oil prices would weaken global demand. 

Yemen saw a rare respite from fighting on Nov. 20, the second day of a 48-hour cease-fire that followed a U.S. push to halt a conflict that has wrought devastation and killed thousands.

Shell wants to supply Turkey with more liquefied natural gas (LNG), grow in the natural gas market and expand its cooperation with Turkey as the country has the potential to become a gas hub, according to a senior company executive. 

BELGRADE - As Riyadh conducts military drills in the Persian Gulf, Iran's Revolutionary Guards have called the exercises an unnecessary provocation that risks escalating tensions in the region.

The Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) has called for some 181 envoys and civil servants from 73 countries across the globe to talk about Turkey's devotion to democratic rule and robust economy in their countries and to boost cooperation with Turkey during a three-day meeting hosted in the Aegean province of Çanakkale on Sept. 2-4, the association said in a statement.

Greece ranked 29th among the best countries in the world for visiting, according to the readers of British newspaper Telegraph.

It is also chosen as the second most popular tourist destination in Mediterranean by British travelers.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Iran on April 7 to help end wars in Yemen and Syria, where Tehran and its Gulf Arab rivals are backing opposing sides.
 
On the first visit by a U.S. chief diplomat to Bahrain since 2010, Kerry also told authorities in Manama accused of discriminating against the country's Shiite majority that respect for human rights was "essential".

Weak oil prices pose a threat to Gulf Arab states' currency pegs against the dollar, but the energy-rich region is unlikely to abandon the policy yet, analysts say.

Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates all keep the values of their currencies fixed against the greenback, while Kuwait has a link to a basket of currencies including the dollar.