Polish company Lubava and the Armenian Defense Ministry's Charentsavan Machine-Building Plant signed an agreement to establish an Armenian-Polish joint venture, Mediamax reported March 27.

Some residents of Bangui reported rampant looting after Seleka rebels entered the Central African Republic capital March 23, Xinhua reported March 25.

Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on a 10 billion-euro ($12.9 billion) bailout deal for Cyprus to prevent its banking system from collapsing and keep the country in the eurozone, BBC reported March 24.

Troika officials failed to reach an agreement in negotiations on a Cyprus bailout March 24, Xinhua reported.

France has deployed troops to the Central African Republic after Seleka rebels clashed with government forces in the capital of Bangui, Reuters reported March 23.

At least 1,000 Cypriot bank employees marched from the headquarters of the Cyprus Union of Bank Employees toward the presidential compound March 23 to protest the terms of the recently agreed upon EU bailout, AFP reported.

The Eurogroup, made up of the 17 eurozone finance ministers, will meet March 24 to discuss the Cyprus bailout, Reuters reported, citing a March 23 post on the Twitter page of Eurogroup President and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem.

The office of French President Francois Hollande "definitively confirmed" the February death of al Qaeda-linked North African warlord Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, AP reported March 23.