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HAMBURG - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has arrived in Hamburg for a sustainability conference that will address further implementation of shared processes aimed at achieving the UN's sustainability goals.

Vucic was welcomed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Greek Minister of National Economy and Finance, Costis Hatzidakis, will travel to Luxembourg today to participate in the Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings.

On Monday, 7 October, the Eurogroup will meet to discuss the competitiveness of the eurozone, the European Capital Markets Union, the digital euro, and preparations for the eurozone summit scheduled for 18 October.

Turkish parliament has received a presidential decree approving the establishment of a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) global office in Istanbul.

The agency will relocate to the Istanbul office its key operations, including human resources, emergency operations and major finance and administration units.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at Justice and Development Party's (AKP) meetings at the Haliç Congress Center, emphasized the party's commitment to strengthening its leadership for the upcoming local elections and reinforced Türkiye's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The vision of Edi Rama to create a “Vatican for Bektashi” in Tirana, as well as his ambition to establish the smallest state within a state in the world,

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a strong condemnation of Israel's airstrike on Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Friday, accusing Israel of "systematically violating international law" and committing acts of genocide in Gaza.

The Haitian government has deployed specialist anti-gang police units, it said Friday, after an apparent massacre northwest of Port-au-Prince that the United Nations said left at least 70 dead.

Carried out early Thursday in the town of Pont Sonde, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital, the attack saw scores of houses and vehicles torched after gang members opened fire.

In the wake of Israel's assaults on Gaza, public perception of international organizations and diplomacy has undergone a profound transformation, predominantly driven by the latter's perceived impotence in curtailing civilian casualties.

Steve Maman, a Jewish businessman from Canada, has earned the title “The Jewish Schindler” for his extraordinary efforts in rescuing hundreds of Yazidi children abducted by ISIS. Born in Morocco in 1973, Maman moved to Canada with his family, where he eventually became a successful luxury car dealer.

BELGRADE - Portuguese general Raul Cunha, who served as an UNMIK officer in Kosovo-Metohija between 2005 and 2008, said on Friday reports by Western media on the situation in the Serbian autonomous province had been based on "a great deal of propaganda" and had not reflected the actual state of affairs he had witnessed there.