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An Egyptian court has set Feb. 24 as the date to consider a lawsuit demanding that Turkey be designated as a "state that supports terrorism," a judicial source has said.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and US Vice President Joe Biden have both taken a stance that the Ukraine crisis is likely to destabilize the situation in Bulgaria on Saturday. Discussions also proceeded with matters of energy security and opportunitites for key reforms.

Defence Minister Panos Kammenos and the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) Chief General Mikhail Kostarakos are visiting flood-stricken areas along the course of the Evros River. The itinerary includes visits to Lagyna, Soufli and Poros. The latest reports show that the situation appears to be stabilizing in the area.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an end to a years-old nightly curfew in Baghdad in a bid to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent violence, officials said Feb. 5.
      

Jordan weighed its next move Feb. 5 against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after vowing a harsh response to the burning alive of a fighter pilot, whose family called for the jihadists to be "destroyed".
      

Serbia boosts military capacities through international exercises

Turkey has harshly condemned an Egyptian court's decision to sentence 183 men to death over allegations of killing 13 policemen in 2013, accusing the judiciary decision of being politically motivated.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozda? said, ?Fethullah Gülen was planning to stage a return like Khomeini.?

If one year ago, anybody from the main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) had said, ?Fethullah Gülen is planning to stage a return like Khomeini,? then Bekir Bozda? would have snapped at him, ?Come on now, you secular paranoiac.?

Vu?i?: Conspiracy against Serbia and its army

Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vu?i? said yesterday in Wienna that someone is leading a campaign against Serbia and its army, and that one part of politicians is trying to "destroy everything what is good in Serbia."

THE HAGUE - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) pronounced final verdicts in the case of Popovic and others against five high officials of former army of Bosniak Serbs for crimes committed in Srebrenica and Zepa in July 1995.