BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a 16-year-old Syrian at a refugee hostel near Cologne on suspicion of having contact with a supporter of Islamic State abroad and expressing his willingness to carry out a bomb attack, authorities said on Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault proposed on Wednesday a new mechanism to monitor a U.S.-Russia brokered truce in Syria.

CAIRO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A boat carrying around 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast, killing at least 29, officials said on Wednesday, in the latest disaster to befall migrants attempting to make the crossing to Europe.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives would override any presidential veto of a bill allowing survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, Speaker Paul Ryan predicted on Wednesday while also citing concerns with the legislation.

BAD STAFFELSTEIN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere said he does not expect there to be a repeat of the situation in Germany last year, when migrants were arriving here in large numbers, adding that border controls needed to remain in place.

FUJAIRAH, UAE, Sept 21 (Reuters) - An oil meeting next week in Algiers due to be attended by OPEC countries is aimed at holding consultations rather than making decisions, the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that he continued to believe there was a way forward "out of the carnage" in Syria.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday called for a "thorough and impartial investigation" into an attack on a humanitarian convoy in Syria on Monday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament sacked Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Wednesday over corruption allegations, a move that risks further destabilizing the major OPEC producer's fragile economy as it struggles with a massive budget deficit.