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Both exports and imports of Bulgaria to third countries fell in the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period of 2015, statistics show.

Exports amounted to BGN 9.5161 B. The main trade partners included Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, China, Russia, and the United States, accounting for 49.7% of the exports to non-EU countries.

Parents of children at a school in the Osmangazi district of the northwestern province of Bursa are forced to feed their children behind fences due to restrictions introduced with the ongoing state of emergency. 

BELGRADE - South Korean media say electronics conglomerate Samsung has suspended production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, following reports of fires in replacement devices.

BELGRADE - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned today that the world has reached a "dangerous point" as tensions between Russia and the United States spike over the Syria conflict, EurActiv.com reports.

BELGRADE - Russian ambitions and aggressiveness keep the conflict in Syria going on, US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Sunday, accusing Russia of sufferings of the Syrian people.

Some noteworthy reactions of cartoonists and social media users after the second debate between US presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The 90-minute duel between the real-estate mogul and the former Secretary of State, held late on Sunday evening, is believed to have been the most-tweeted political debate in the 10 years of Twitter.

The highly anticipated second TV debate between US Presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, at Washington University in St. Louis, started with the two refusing to shake hands at the outset, although they did at the end.

Turkey is in the process of probing and analyzing around half a million digital documents seized during the July 15 coup investigation, the justice minister has said, emphasizing that the inquiry would leave no doubts that the putsch was carried out under Fethullah Gülen's direction. 

My typical Sunday morning. Browsing through the news. Through commentaries on Turkey, on Greece, on Europe, on the United States, on the world. Trying to absorb and focus. Focus and evaluate. Evaluate and comment.

The Mosul operation has started, while a symbolic opening kickoff will be conducted in the coming days.  I will try to convey the parameters of the Mosul operation, within the context of its effects on Turkey. Mosul has been in the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) since June 2014.