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Alexander M Kadakin, the Russian Ambassador in New Delhi, once described India as a "rich fiancé with many bridegrooms" while commenting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's international balancing act. Kadakin believes that the main aim of PM Modi's foreign policy is not only to meet India's global aspirations, but also to make the South Asian nation an economic giant.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned media to be more sensitive regarding the probes into the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), saying the media should avoid labelling people as Gülenists. 

Ankara and Washington are discussing military action on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told a group of journalists on his way back to Turkey from the G-20 summit in China, where he had a tête-à-tête meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the G-20 leaders to revive global economic growth through structural reform.

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five others have been wounded during clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants near the Syrian town of al-Rai, the 14th day of an operation in northern Syria, the Turkish military announced Sept. 6.

The soldiers were killed when ISIL missiles hit two Turkish tanks in the Wuquf village, the military said. 

Crude prices rose in Asia on Sept. 6 after Russia and Saudi Arabia pledged to work on addressing a global supply glut, although analysts said gains would be limited after the two sides provided scant detail about their plans.

The Turkish side has suggested the possibility of supplying natural gas through the Turkish Stream pipeline to Turkey's border with Greece, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told reporters on Sept. 5, the TASS news agency has reported.

The headline of pro-government Turkish newspaper Star's Sept. 5 edition read, in English: "YPG is terrorist." According to the report, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan had said that sentence in English during his Sept. 4 meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou.

A total of 30 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in air operations conducted in the Gara region of northern Iraq on Sept. 5, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced.

Multiple bombs have hit mostly regime-controlled cities in Syria, killing at least 48 people, while no cease-fire deal was reached among the United States and Russia over the Syrian crisis, though the Russian president expressed hope for a possible deal "soon."