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BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - EU regulators will propose a shake-up of rules on authorising new models of cars on Wednesday to prevent a re-run of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, firing the starting gun on a tough debate as governments and industry resist change.

BERLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - SMA Solar, Germany's largest solar power equipment maker, beat its own targets on sales and earnings last year after a restructuring which returned the business to profitability sooner than expected.

ATHENS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Israel's defence minister said on Tuesday that Islamic State militants had been funded with 'Turkish money', an assertion that could hinder attempts to mend fences between the two countries after years of estrangement.

AMSTERDAM, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Dutch Labour party, the junior partner in the coalition government, wants gas exports from the Netherlands to be cut more rapidly than currently planned, a party official told parliament on Tuesday.

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) - OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and top non-OPEC producer Russia are showing signs of flexibility about agreeing to tackle an oil glut that has pushed prices to 12-year lows, the oil minister of Iraq said on Tuesday.

A shift to wind and solar power and an expanded electric grid would allow the U.S. to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from electricity production by as much as 80 percent without raising power costs, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

* Amid migrant crisis, EU eager to see stability (Updates with details, quotes)

MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The head of Russia's Security Council said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday that the United States wanted a weakened Russia so as to gain access to its vast mineral resources.

OTTAWA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canada's energy regulator is doing a poor job of monitoring pipeline firms, an official watchdog said on Tuesday in a report that could bolster support for government plans to reform how major oil and gas projects are approved.<

ANTWERP, Belgium, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Oil markets will fail to balance until as late as 2017, industry figures said on Tuesday, as increased production from OPEC offsets any decline from unconventional sources of crude.

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