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HOUSTON, May 26 (Reuters) - Texas oilfields could see strong rains and thunderstorms later this week, though they were spared the heaviest flooding that struck central and eastern Texas over the Memorial Day weekend, the National Weather Service said on Tuesday.

BARCELONA, May 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Responding to climate change in the next 15 years is the world's "mega development project", given the need to invest trillions of dollars in infrastructure, creating jobs and economic stability, the United Nations' top climate change official said on Tuesday.

BOGOTA, May 26 (Reuters) - Colombia's Ecopetrol SA expects its annual investment budgets to be around $6 billion through 2020, it said in a strategic plan published on Tuesday, down from recent years as it pursues a structural savings target of $1 billion a year.

DUBAI/MUSCAT, May 26 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed how to advance Yemeni peace efforts with his Omani counterpart on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, on a visit to a country that has often played a conciliatory role in Gulf conflicts.

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to government contractor KBR Inc by ruling that a law that extends the time frame for fraud claims committed against the United States during wartime does not apply to civil claims.

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a mixed ruling in a case involving whistleblower claims against KBR Inc in which the contractor was accused of defrauding the U.S.

AMSTERDAM, May 26 (Reuters) - In handing out lucrative public procurement contracts, Qatar is likely to favour countries whose airports grant take-off and landing slots to state-owned Qatar Airways, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - California motorists consumed an extra 34,500 barrels of gasoline every day in February compared with the same month last year, state tax records show.

May 26 (Reuters) - Almost 170,000 homes and businesses were without power early on Tuesday from Texas to Mississippi after severe storms battered the U.S. Gulf Coast states on Monday, according to local utilities. The storms moved from west to east, hitting Texas first.

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