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Turkey has expressed willingness for Egypt to take part in a proposed working group formed to coordinate international efforts in Libya, which has been mired in conflict following an uprising that toppled veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi five years ago, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has said. 

The global transfer of major arms has risen in recent years, with the United States increasing its dominance of the trade while the flow of weaponry to Africa, Asia and the Middle East has increased, a new study published Feb. 22 showed.

China's overcapacity in heavy industries is wreaking "far-reaching" damage on the global economy, with steel production "completely untethered" from market demand, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said on Feb. 22.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu announced an action plan on Feb. 22 to support Turkey's tourism sector, which has been negatively affected recently by tensions with Russia and security concerns. 

The support package included a 255-million-Turkish-Lira ($87 million) grant and several mechanisms which will enable tourism firms to restructure their debts.

The issue of privileges for Russian humanitarians in Serbia will be discussed during Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to our country.

Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said this on Sunday.

The Albanian Defence Ministry has postponed an auction of old Russian and Chinese-made military planes following an unexpectedly large number of requests to take part in the bidding.

Earlier this month, the ministry put out a routine announcement of an auction on February 22 to sell 36 planes and four helicopters parked in military aerodromes.

At least 140 people have died after bomb blasts in Syria's capital Damascus and the city of Homs, world media outlets report.

In the capital Damascus, at least 83 people, including several school children, lost their lives on Sunday after several explosions near a Shia shrine, according to State TV.

Russian grain exports are expected to remain high in March after record supplies in January and February due to the weakening of the ruble, SovEcon agriculture consultancy said in a note. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Feb. 21 that a provisional agreement had been reached with Russia on the terms of a ceasefire in Syria.

Kerry told reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman that he had spoken with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov again on Feb. 21 on the terms of a ceasefire agreed by world powers earlier this month.

The fall of the town of Azez in northern Aleppo province where the Turkish military is pushing ahead with its cross-border artillery shelling campaign against U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia positions in Syria would mean emergence of a new refugee influx and security problem for Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an told his U.S. counterpart, President Barack Obama.