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Several ministers and top intelligence officials touched down in Yemen's war-torn southern city of Aden on July 16, Yemeni officials said, in the first visit by the exiled government based in Saudi Arabia in more than three months of war. 

Controversial security bills that opponents say will undermine 70 years of pacifism and could see Japanese troops fighting abroad for the first time since World War II passed through the powerful lower house of parliament on July 16.

A deal with world powers ended a "manufactured crisis" over Iran's nuclear programme, its foreign minister said on July 15 after negotiating the accord,which drew furious objections from US lawmakers.

The international deal over Iran?s nuclear program will boost Turkey?s energy sector as oil prices will drop and gas imports from Iran to Turkey might increase, according to sector representatives, who predict that Turkey may even buy more Iranian oil than it did before Tehran was hit by sanctions. 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is to start his first official visit to Greek Cyprus on July 16 for talks on the bailed-out island's economy and the UN-brokered peace process.

Ukraine lost eight soldiers July 15 in a dramatic spike in fighting with pro-Russian gunmen that further imperilled a truce Washington's top European envoy is desperately trying to salvage in Kiev.

The U.N. has expressed deep concern over attacks and discriminatory acts on Turkey?s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, while also calling for active measures to be taken in an effort to combat homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination. 

Turkey is set to build a 20,000-seat stadium to international standards in the Gaza Strip to support sports in Palestine, officials revealed on July 14.

A member of the Higher Council of Youth and Sports in the Gaza Strip, Abd al-Salam Haniyeh, said the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T?KA) would build the stadium.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar on July 15 hailed as "legitimate" peace talks aimed at ending Afghanistan's 13-year war, in his first comments on the nascent dialogue.

The global increase in non-arable land poses a considerable threat and Turkey is also affected by the problem, Forestry and Waterworks Minister Veysel Ero?lu warned on July 13.