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Greek police arrested seven people and were searching for another two on suspicion of planning or carrying out attacks on migrants on the island of Lesvos, authorities said Friday.

Police said five Greeks and two foreigners between the ages of 17 and 24 were arrested on Thursday night outside the Moria migrant camp, the largest camp for asylum-seekers in the Greek islands.

US President Donald Trump has reportedly hailed the "excellent" relationship between Athens and Washington and expressed optimism over deeper defense ties in comments while welcoming Greece's new ambassador to Washington, Alexandra Papadopoulou, at the White House.

Without the assistance of organized and trained volunteers, the management of the refugee crisis would have been far more burdensome for the state.

In a statement published by the US Embassy in Bulgaria on February 5, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo publicly announced that Bulgarian Specialized Criminal Court judge Andon Mitalov was barred from entry to the US because of involvement in significant corruption, BNT reported.

Statement by US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo:

Three people have died and 179 were injured when a plane skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport, caught fire and split into three after landing in rough weather, with both the state and the airline company launching probes into the incident.

Parliament is dominated by ''retrograde forces'', that have trampled on democracy, but the Government is landing on its feet, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday, after Parliament adopted the censure motion.

The USA undertook the first measure against corruption in Bulgaria, BNT reported.

The United States Ambassador to Bulgaria, Herro Mustafa, on February 4 said that the name of the first Bulgarian who will be banned from entering the USA for corruption will be announced within days. She said that this case is very clear and the Americans acted very quickly.

A woman, identified as M.G., in Turkey's Aegean city of İzmir, left her husband after 11 years of marriage.

"When I found out my husband was cheating on me with another woman, I told him I no longer wanted to live with him. I was a housewife with two children at the time," she told Anadolu Agency, asking to remain anonymous.

Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly said on Feb. 4 that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, will be his guest for State of the Union address.

Five key ministries on Monday signed a joint decision to grant a provisional social security number to all migrants who have applied for asylum in Greece, providing medical coverage and a right to work while they wait for a decision.