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Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public prosecutor ruled on March 13, his lawyers and judicial sources said.

"He will go to his home in Heliopolis," Mubarak's lawyer Farid El Deeb said, adding the ageing former president would likely be released on March 14 or soon after.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's Democratic Party has nominated him as a candidate in the February 2017 election, the state news agency reported late on Dec. 14. He is widely expected to secure a third term in office. 

"Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has accused international media outlets of launching a "black propaganda" campaign against Turkey," said the state news agency's story (in English). 

An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to a prison term, the state news agency said on Nov. 22 quoting the judiciary spokesman, a case that is a sensitive issue in contentious U.S.-Iranian relations.

After the announcement that Tanjug had officially ceased to exist, the government has been "trying to find a solution" for the state news agency.

The Belgeade-based daily Blic reported this on Friday, citing unnamed government sources.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told a government meeting on Thursday he was "disappointed with what has happened to Tanjug."

The state news agency is to be shut down after two failed attempts to privatize it.

Hellas Gold CEO Mihalis Theodorakopoulos told a Thessaloniki-area radio station on Wednesday that his company was “ready for dialogue” if the government elected on Sept. 20 wants to renegotiate the gold mining projects at the Skouries site in eastern Halkidiki prefecture.

Serbia's prime minister hinted Aug. 19 at a possible snap election, confident of winning a new four-year mandate with his opponents close to disarray, the state news agency reported. 

Aleksandar Vucic took office in April 2014 after a resounding election win by his conservative Serbian Progressive Party. 

Shelling by Yemen's Houthi militia killed four soldiers from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stationed on Yemen's border with the kingdom, Saudi state media reported on June 25.

The Houthis have stepped up attacks on Saudi border posts in recent weeks, despite three months of bombardment by a Saudi-led coalition intent on restoring Yemen's government in exile. 

Russia Nov. 14 warned France of "serious" consequences unless Paris delivers by the end of this month a Mistral-class assault warship whose handover has been delayed by concerns over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, a report said.