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Moscow and Kiev swapped 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a UAE-brokered deal, a rare moment of coordination between the warring sides as Russia pushes ahead in east Ukraine.

The dogfight between a Rafale fighter jet and a F-16 Viper won the day on what was – after all – a more than impressive first day of this year’s 12th Athens Flying Week at Tanagra Air Base.

The “cherry on the cake” at the end of the day was the upgraded and renewed program of the “Zeus” demonstration aircraft against the backdrop of a magnificent sunset.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan gathered with his counterparts from the Gaza Contact Group in Madrid on Friday, emphasizing the urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza and continuity in humanitarian aid distribution.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to attend a meeting of the Gaza Contact Group on Friday in Madrid.

The group, formed by members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League, aims to address the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a key meeting of the Gaza Contact Group, established by two main Islamic organizations, in Madrid, where efforts for giving an end to the Israeli offensive through a permanent agreement and recognition of Palestine as a full state will be discussed.

The US Department of Defense has awarded a contract valued at nearly 1.2 billion dollars to the American company Raytheon for the production of AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) missiles. The contract also covers the supply of these missiles to several foreign military clients, including Bulgaria.

Türkiye is showing interest in offshore gas fields in Egypt, with plans to supply hydrocarbons using Turkish Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) vessels, as stated by Türkiye's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to meet Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netantayu in New York this month, according to well-informed sources, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. 

A new English-speaking Department of Medicine is starting at the University of Thessaly on October 7, which will welcome 40 international students in Larissa. This is the first foreign-language department at this university and the fourth in a row, after the Universities of Thessaloniki, Athens and Crete.

Turkey will discuss the Gaza war and ties with the Arab League when its foreign minister attends a ministerial meeting of the group in Cairo on Tuesday for the first time in 13 years, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday.