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Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık met U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Brussels on Oct. 26, the second meeting in five days, as two countries ramp up joint efforts to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. 

BELGRADE - Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria by the airstrikes of the US-led coalition against Daesh over the past two years, an international rights advocacy group said Wednesday.

The U.S. agency Associated Press is reporting this Wednesday about the visit of Security Council of the Russian Federation head Nikolai Patrushev to Serbia.

The report stresses that Serbia "remains a rare Russian ally in Europe."

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Oct. 25 that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan for Syria would "lead to World War Three," because of the potential for conflict with military forces from nuclear-armed Russia. 

A day after the White House confirmed that US President Barack Obama will pay a post-election visit to Athens, sources close to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the news marked a recognition of Greece's role "as a pillar of stability in the wider region."

Bosnia and Iran will cooperate to fight terrorism and increase trade, the chairman of the Bosnian presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, said on Tuesday, on a visit to Tehran with a high-level Bosnian delegation.

The sale of nearly two dozen antiquities from an Ohio art museum brought in 640,000 dollars on Tuesday despite objections to the auction from the governments of Egypt and Cyprus.

The items sold were among nearly 70 pieces from Egypt, Greece and Italy that the Toledo Museum of Art plans to sell.

A letter from former US President George H.W. Bush welcoming Bill Clinton to the White House in January 1993 has gone viral after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton posted it on Instagram:

Dear Bill,

When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too.

The White House released a statement on the official visit of outgoing US President Barack Obama to Greece on November 15. According to mignatiou.com, Barack Obama will stay in Greece for 36 hours and he is scheduled to meet with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and PM Alexis Tsipras.

The Albanian Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday to stall one of the core laws on judicial reform, a move that experts believe could jeopardise the country's chances of opening EU accession talks this year.

The court accepted a request from the main opposition Democratic Party to stall progress on the Law on Reassessment of Judges and Prosecutors, known as the 'vetting' law.