VIENNA - Kuwait minister of oil say the OPEC and non-OPEC producers are unanimous on need to extend output cuts.
LONDON - British Prime Minister says the terror alert level was raised from severe to critical.
MANAMA - Bahraini police arrest 286 persons who were convicted on serious terror charges.
NEW YORK - The convoy of UN Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad is attacked by Yemeni demonstrators.
WASHINGTON - New US budget for Pentagon, Department of State and USAID in FY 2018 prioritizes the anti-IS fight and aid to Israel.
GENEVA - WHO elects Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, of Ethiopia, as new director-general.
TOKYO - Twelve people are killed and 15 others injured in a truck collision in north China's Hebei Province. (end) gb