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Crude oil export from the Kurdistan Region to Turkey's Ceyhan Port has been interrupted since Feb. 16 following attacks on the export pipeline near the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa in Turkey, said the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in a written statement on. Feb. 18. 

Fourteen suspects in seven provinces were detained for links to a car bomb attack in Ankara on Feb. 18 that claimed at least 28 lives, including 20 high ranking soldiers and eight citizens, and wounded 61 people, Turkish President Rececp Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

HSBC is expected to make an announcement about plans for its Turkey unit on Feb. 22, a source close to the matter has told Anadolu Agency. 

The bank, which had said earlier it would sell its Turkey unit, will reveal its plans about restructuring in the country, according to the source. 

Turkey became the European Union's fifth largest trade partner in 2015, according to data released by Eurostat.

According to a new report, the EU exported goods worth 2.04 trillion euros ($2.27 trillion) in 2015, while total imports stood at 1.79 trillion euros. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said Feb. 18 that the Syrian regime was directly responsible for the Ankara bomb attack, which killed at least 28 and injured 61.

Six soldiers have been killed while another has been heavily wounded as a PKK-placed improvise explosive device (IED) hit  a military convoy on Feb. 18 in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, Turkish Army announced in a statement. 

A large explosion hit a military convoy on Feb. 18 in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.

The blast occurred on the Diyarbak?r-Bingöl highway at around 9.40 a.m. during the passing of a military convoy.

Casualties have been reported after the attack, which was reportedly staged by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants after the detonation of a roadside bomb.

An explosion severely damaged part of a building that housed a Turkish cultural association in a Stockholm suburb late on Feb. 17 but no one was injured, police said.

Police said all the windows of the center were blown out and that technicians were on site to investigate the cause. The center was located in the basement of a building in Fittja, in southwest Stockholm.

Three lawmakers of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn were ejected from a parliamentary committee briefing on Feb. 17 after insulting the defence minister and the head of the army, officials said.

Turkish businesswoman Nur Ger has been appointed as the business world spokesperson of the United Nations Women's Empowerment Principals (UN WEP), an initiative that works to promote gender equality around the world.