Egypt

Russia and Egypt have reached a preliminary deal on USD 3.5 B worth of weapons, with anti-missile equipment and pieces of artillery to be sold to Cairo, Moscow official say.

Alexander Fomin, head of Russia's Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, announced the deal while on an international arms trade fair in South Africa, Interfax news agency reports.

'Mentioning Turkey alongside the [North] Korean regime and the [Abdel Fattah] el-Sisi regime in Egypt is just a kind of operation, not an intellectual analysis,' Çelik tweeted

Ankara does not want to “put itself in a difficult position” by hosting the leadership of the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood (MB, or Ikhvan-i Muslimin), who are likely to be deported by Qatar, a high ranking Turkish official who asked not to be named said on Sept. 15.

About 500 migrants are feared dead after their boat was rammed by another vessel near Malta last week.

Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers after leaving Damietta in Egypt in early September, the BBC reports.

A few Arab countries are ready to offer assistance in the air strikes carried out against the Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, according to US officials.

Bulgaria was defeated 3:0 by Finland as the team played its last match at the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships Poland 2014.

Sunday's loss was the sixth in a row for the Bulgarians, who only managed to beat Mexico, China and Egypt during the world tournament.

United States President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron want an international coalition that will fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levent (ISIL). The coalition they propose includes Turkey. The U.S.

Turkey’s leaders often boast that their country has a big and quickly growing economy and a big population. That criteria never makes a country a decent place to live in. That explains why most Turkish expats are scattered through Europe’s tiny countries instead of Bangladesh or Egypt.

Iraqi MPs approved a new cabinet on Sept. 8 but key security posts remained unfilled, as America's top diplomat prepared to visit the region to build a coalition against jihadists.

Bulgaria lost to Russia in a match of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 2014 in Poland.

The team however qualifies for the next stage, ranking third in Pool C with 5 points.

Other teams in the group are Canada, Mexico, China and Egypt.

Sunday's match ended 2:3 (25:20, 25:23, 20:25, 23:25, 11:15), with Bulgaria winning the first two games.