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Turkish fighter jets carried out new series of airstrikes on targets of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq late on Friday and early on Saturday.

This was announced by the Office of the Turkish Prime Minister on Saturday, Anadolu Agency informs.

Turkey has said its warplanes will actively participate in international coalition's efforts to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria as part of an agreement with the United States. It also announced that it will allow the coalition forces to use its bases for anti-ISIL strikes. 

Turkey and the U.S. have reached an agreement in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which takes Ankara?s concerns into account, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, when asked by reporters July 24 if the consensus included a no-fly zone and safe haven in Syria.

UNESCO has not received Kosovo's application for membership, the secretariat of the UN organization in Paris has confirmed for Vecernje Novosti.

U.N. Security Council backing for the reunification of Cyprus is ?encouraging,? though no timetable is in the cards, the United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus said July 22.

Iran outlined plans on July 23 for the rebuilding of its core industries and trade links in the wake of a nuclear agreement with world powers, saying it was targeting oil and gas projects worth $185 billion by 2020.

A ?United Cyprus Federation? has been on the agenda of resumed negotiations with the Greek side of the divided island, Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc? has said.

To many Turks and Aussies, the Battle of Gallipoli is a significant part of their history. As every ANZAC ceremony held in Gallipoli suggests, it had been a cornerstone of their nation-building process and shaping of national identity.

Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a U.N. AIDS envoy has warned.

Speaking to AFP ahead of the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, which opened Sunday, Michel Kazatchkine called on key nations to intervene as soon as possible.

Iran?s foreign minister defended the nuclear deal he reached with world powers after criticism from hardliners, telling the conservative-dominated parliament on July 21 that most if not all of the country?s conditions had been respected.