United States

Turkish defense exports rose 30 percent in the first two months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Turkish Exporters' Assembly on March 11.

The country's defense exports for January and February were valued at over $255.9 million, a 30 percent increase compared with $196.4 million in the same period last year.        

The Greek government is scrambling to find aid in its efforts to deal with the humanitarian refugee crisis.

Iran needs full access to the international banking system, the chief of staff to President Hassan Rouhani said on March 10, adding that London has an important role to play following the lifting of sanctions.

Bulgaria has arrested Nedko Nedev, who is wanted in the US over charges of launching fake takeover bids to drive up company share prices, including Avon and Rocky Mountain. 

A street vendor has sparked outrage in Turkey after security footage emerged showing him picking up and throwing to the ground a Syrian toddler in a historic bazaar in the western city of ?zmir. 

The video shows the man hurling the toddler to the ground, causing his head to smash against the ground. 

Work on reforming the media in Macedonia in time for June's early elections appears to have halted, as the EU mediator in the talks on the crisis in Macedonia, Peter Vanhoutte, confirmed that some political parties were uninterested in continuing talks.

Exports of Bulgaria with third countries grew in January 2016 compared to the same month of 2015, while imports dropped in value, preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute shows.

Two Turkish wrestlers have clinched gold medals at the 2016 FILA Wrestling European Championships held in the Latvian capital of Riga.        

Five people, including a former official from Turkey's Labor and Social Security Ministry and a university rector, have been arrested in the Aegean province of ?zmir within an investigation into what the country's president and his inner circle consider a terrorist organization formed to topple the government.

A Turkish soldier succumbed to his wounds on March 10 after sustaining injuries in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in southeastern Diyarbak?r's Sur district last month. 

The soldier was wounded in an armed attack by PKK militants during an anti-terror operation in Sur on Feb. 18. He was being treated at the Gülhane Military Academy (GATA) in Ankara when he died.