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40 injured as van packed with migrants overturns

40 injured as van packed with migrants overturns

LESKOVAC -- A traffic accident early on Tuesday on a highway near the town of Leskovac, southern Serbia, left some 40 people injured, 20 of whom seriously.

The public broadcaster RTS is reporting that a vehicle transporting migrants turned over near the village of Donje Krajince at around 05:00 CET this morning.

Bulgaria Detains 44 Illegal Migrants at Border with Romania

Bulgarian border police have detained 44 illegal migrants from Syria and Iraq trying to cross into Romania, bTV reported on Wednesday.

The migrants were discovered hidden in a Bulgarian-registered truck at the border checkpoint at the Ruse-Guirgiu bridge over the Danube around 2 am local time.

Turkish army bids farewell to Camp Do?an in Afghanistan after 13 years

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have handed over Camp Do?an to Afghan government forces, marking its departure from the base it has been using in Kabul since 2002.

Turkish Maj. Gen. Mehmet Cahit Bak?r and Gen. Azizuddin Ayar, a representative of the Afghanistan Defense Ministry, as well as other Afghan officials, attended the ceremony.

Bosnia abandons sales of ammunition to Ukraine

Bosnia abandons sales of ammunition to Ukraine

BELGRADE -- Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday "banned arms and ammunition exports to Ukraine," Reuters has reported.

The agency said this came "following pressure from Bosnian Serbs," while Bosnian authorities said the conflict in Ukraine "should be resolved by peaceful means."

33rd "Posada" Mountain Huntsmen Battalion leaves on new mission in Afghanistan

The ceremony for the departure on a new mission in Afghanistan of the servicemen of 33rd "Posada" Mountain Huntsmen Battalion will take place on February 13, on the plateau near the Princely Church in Curtea de Arges Municipality, military unit representatives announced on Wednesday.

Photo credit: (c) Cristian Nistor / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

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