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At least 37 killed in Ankara blast: Health minister
At least 37 were killed while 125 wounded people were hospitalized after an explosion hit central Ankara on March 13, Health Minister Mehmet Müezzino?lu has said in a press conference.
A bomb-laden car caused the blast, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said at the same conference after a security meeting in Ankara.
Greece under huge pressure: Austria says Mediterranean route should be blocked
Greece finds itself in an even more precarious position on the refugee crisis. After the de facto sealing off of the western Balkan route, Austria has called for the closing of the Mediterranean sea route. A total of 9,000 refugees and immigrants on the islands of Greece ready to cross over into the mainland and continue their journey to the north of Europe.
Al-Qaeda in Syria clashes with rebels, seizes weapons
Al-Qaeda fighters and allied jihadists clashed with a rebel faction overnight in northwestern Syria after storming its weapons depot, the group and a monitor said on March 13.
In tweets posted in the morning on March 13, Division 13 said it had failed to push back an attack by al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, al-Nusra Front, and allied faction Jund al-Aqsa.
Merkel calls Turkey's Davuto?lu to discuss upcoming EU summit
As her party braced for a backlash at key state polls on March 13 over her liberal refugee policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged views with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on an upcoming special summit between Ankara and the EU aimed at sealing a deal to stem illegal migrant flows from Turkey to Europe.
CHP leader: AKP will do 'anything' to remain in power
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do anything to stay in power, including committing political murder, Turkey's main opposition leader has said.
"Turkey is step by step sliding towards an authoritarian regime," Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu told a group of reporters late on March 12 in the Seferihisar district of Aegean ?zmir province.
Turkey's reform program one of broadest in G-20: Economy tsar
Turkey has one of the most comprehensive structural reform agendas in the G-20, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet ?im?ek said late March 12.
Speaking at a meeting of a Turkish-British forum in Bath, southwest England, ?im?ek said the relationship between Turkey and the U.K. was "better than ever" and pointed to the U.K.'s support for Turkey's EU membership bid.