Turkey

1) Car bomb targets police station in Istanbul

A car bomb exploded at around 1 a.m. in front of a police station in Istanbul's Sultanbeyli district on Aug. 10. One police officer and two assailants were killed, while part of the police station and surrounding buildings collapsed and a fire erupted. (Click here for the story)

Deadly attacks in Sirnak province, in Southeastern Turkey, are claiming lives of Turkish soldiers and police officers, state-run Turkish Anadolu Agency has said.

Four police officers have been killed and another injured in a roadside bomb, and a helicopter attack has killed a soldier in the same province, the agency reports.

A mine attack carried out by outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of ??rnak has killed four police officers, three days after an armed conflict between police and the youth wing of the PKK in the province.

The Abraaj Group, a leading investor group operating in global growth markets, has announced it acquired a stake in Yü-Ce Medical, a disposable medical supplies manufacturer in Turkey, in a written statement on Aug. 10. 

Turkish police have detained an individual linked to a Monday attack by two assailants against the US consular service in Istanbul, news websites say.

Apart from one of the assailants, a woman, no-one else has been injured in the attack on Monday morning.

US officials have said on Twitter they are "working with Turkish authorities to investigate".

A soldier has been killed and seven others have been injured after militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) opened fire on a military helicopter in the eastern province of ??rnak.

Up to seven police officers have been wounded by an explosion that rocked the area near a police station in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city.

A car loaded with explosives was used for the attack, according to Russian news agency TASS which quotes Haber Türk TV station.

Two attackers opened fire on the U.S. consulate building in Istanbul on August 10 and fled when police shot back, broadcaster CNNTürk  said. 

Do?an News Agency reported those involved in the attack on the building in Istanbul's Sar?yer district included one man and one woman. The woman was apprehended at a house she took refuge in. 

CNNTürk  said there were no casualties. 

Political uncertainties adds ecnomic risks to the current ones emerging from the armed clashes across the Syrian and Iraqi borders of the country Turkey's economy is considered a highly resilient one by many market observers, analysts and representatives of credit rating agencies, as it is resisting so much uncertainty and fragility.

The United States has deployed half a dozen F-16 warplanes at a Turkish base to help operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the US mission to NATO said on August 9.