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In the wake of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's official visit to Turkey earlier this month, the neighboring country's ambassador in Athens has reiterated Ankara's demand for the extradition of eight military personnel who fled to Greece after the 2016 coup attempt.

News agencies in Europe have joined forces to fight the growing threat posed by fake news. In a resolution adopted last week in Tirana, these commit to developing effective tools and rules to enable journalists and Internet users to fight misinformation as well as to promote reliable media and educate users to surf in the digital environment.

In what was seen as an indirect threat to Greece and Cyprus, Binali Yildirim, the speaker of Turkey's Grand National Assembly, Thursday warned international oil companies against energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus's exclusive economic zone, before a settlement is reached on the divided island.

Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul has written to his Greek counterpart Stavros Kontonis saying "Greece is becoming a gathering place for criminals" following a court ruling releasing one of eight Turkish servicemen seeking asylum in Greece, Anadolu reported on Saturday.

A 48-year-old man believed to be an imam with links to Fetullah Gulen, the cleric Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames for a thwarted coup in 2016, has been arrested in a Greek-flagged yacht off Marmaris, according to Anadolu agency.

Turkish authorities on Thursday issued detention warrants for 35 people, including nine journalists, on suspicion of links to last July's attempted military coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, quoted by Reuters.

The U.S. State Department said it was "deeply concerned" over the Turkish air strikes on the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, adding that the raids were putting the U.S. soldiers on the field at risk. 

Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 243 members of the military in 54 provinces across the country, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday, in a probe following July’s failed coup.

A cameraman working for Turkey's Anadolu news agency has been attacked in Belgrade, near the city's main railway station.

The victim has been named as Nihad Ibrahimkadic, a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

At least 33 people have drowned after two boats carrying refuges and migrants, including many children, capsized in the Aegean Sea.

Anadolu and Dogan news agencies reported that 22 people died close to the Greek island of Lesvos.

As a Turkish official told Reuters, the people on the boats were trying to reach a Greek island.