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Interesting results came out of an interactive survey involving 1,000 participants from all over Turkey, at the 6th International Resort Tourism Congress in the Mediterranean city of Antalya's Lara Barut Hotel. This was the sector's most important meeting in 2016, amid the worst crisis in the modern history of Turkey's tourism.

The Colombian Senate has approved a revised peace accord between the government and the FARC rebel group, taking a first step toward ratifying an agreement that was rejected by voters.

The text, which was renegotiated after an earlier version was given a thumbs down in the Oct. 2 national referendum, now must be approved by the lower house of the Colombian Congress.

The formation of a new government by Yemen's armed Houthi movement and its political allies will hinder peace efforts in the country, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen said on Nov. 29. 

The move, reported by the Houthi-run state news agency on Nov. 28, has been seen as a blow to U.N.-backed efforts to end 20 months of war in Yemen. 

Police detained a woman accused of being a wanted outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant at Istanbul's main airport on Nov. 27, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Sara Aktaş was detained at Atatürk International Airport while seeking to travel to Germany, the agency said.

Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, Cuban state media reports.

He ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul Castro took over in 2008.

His supporters said he had given Cuba back to the people. But he was also accused for repressing opposition.

Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a controversial revised peace accord Nov. 24 to end their half-century conflict, set to be ratified in Congress despite bitter opposition.

President Juan Manuel Santos and guerrilla leader Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londono signed the new deal with a pen made from a spent bullet, in a low-key ceremony in the capital Bogota.

A new peace accord between Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels will be signed on Nov. 24 and sent to Congress for approval, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Nov. 22, bringing a formal end to the 52-year civil war ever closer. 

Donald Trump said on Nov. 21 the United States would signal its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact on his first day in the White House, one of six immediate steps aimed at "putting America first."
  

President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he may give the top post of defence secretary to retired U.S. general James Mattis in the new cabinet he is forming.

After an hour-long meeting on Saturday, Trump told reporters that “James Mad Dog Mattis” is the “real deal.”

The Turkish Lira hit another record low against the U.S. dollar on Nov. 18, having fallen more than 8 percent so far this week, hit by a statement by the head of U.S. Federal Reserve chairwoman and signs of more discord between Turkey and Europe.