Erdogan seizes on Ankara bombing errors
Three senior Turkish security officials have been suspended following the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack Saturday in the capital, Ankara. Their
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Ukraine’s October local elections highlight battle under way to fill eastern Ukraine power vacuum
The competition is on for the October 25 local elections in the remaining eastern Ukraine power hubs of Dnipropetrovsk and
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Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report
A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s
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Poll: Ukrainians unhappy about corruption, incomplete reforms
Ukrainians are unhappy with their current government. In a recent poll conducted in Ukraine, only 7 percent of the respondents
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Dutch report on MH17 crash refutes Russian version
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk 9M38M1 anti-aircraft missile on July 17
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Rocket attack hits Russian embassy in Syria
Insurgents fired rockets at Russia’s Embassy in Damascus Tuesday in what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called an act or
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Europe’s migrant crisis: Mediterranean arrivals near record 600 000 – IOM
Italy registered the arrival of 132 071 migrants from January to the end of September 2015 – a slight drop
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EU will suspend Belarus sanctions
European Union ministers have agreed to suspend sanctions against Belarus following Sunday’s landslide re-election win by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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Turkey’s political parties trade blame after bombings
The deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s history has left the country in shock, but appeals for unity are being ignored,
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