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Turkey has started legal action for the return of a 5,000-year-old Anatolian marble figure currently on the sale at a New York auction house, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Argentina seeks to end 15 years of financial isolation on April 1f8 when it sets out to borrow cash on international credit markets for the first time since a 2001 default.

The country is looking to boost its struggling economy and settle a 15-year lawsuit by U.S. investment funds which its ex-president Cristina Kirchner branded "vultures."   

A U.S. court has rejected the bail application of shady Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in Florida on charges of fraud and violating international sanctions on Iran.

U.S. judge John O'Sullivan rejected Zarrab's bail request in a hearing which lasted five minutes.

Turkcell is looking for acquisition opportunities to expand regionally and Iran could be a target market as sanctions against Tehran are lifted, the chief executive of Turkey's largest mobile operator said on Jan. 18.

U.S.-based Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen, the alleged leader of a purported illegal organization, should come to Turkey to deliver testimony instead of giving a deposition before a U.S. court, the Turkish government has said.

Turkey is considering lodging an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against a U.S. move to slap anti-dumping duties on imports of Turkish steel pipes, an industry group told Reuters.

?We firmly believe that the Turkish Ministry of Economy will take the ... case to the WTO,? Nam?k Ekinci, the president of the Turkish Steel Exporters? Association (CIB), told Reuters.

Palestine's weak economy remains crippled by high unemployment amid embargoes and intermittent war, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report on June 18.

An IMF mission led by Christoph Duenwald visited East Jerusalem and Ramallah from June 10 to 18 to assess recent economic developments in the West Bank and Gaza and the financial situation of the Palestinian Authority.

Several people, including Native Americans, have emerged claiming to be legal inheritors of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. 

Serbian "cyber criminal" imprisoned, ordered to pay millions

A Serbian citizen has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of USD 17 million by a U.S. court.

Milos Vujanic was accused of "cyber crime" and arrested in France in 2012. In April of last year he was extradited to Texas.

Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by the government that it may be 2019 or later before their futures are resolved.