Turkey’s ‘anti-terror’ law casts increasingly wide net
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s democratic reform package is facing criticism following the Justice Ministry’s revelation that 20,000 people
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Congress passes bill to avert default, re-open US government
Congress has put an end to three weeks of drama, deadlock and danger to the global economy as both the
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Sentence suspended for Russian opposition leader
A Russian appeals court has suspended the five-year prison sentence of anti-corruption blogger and opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The ruling
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Moscow police detain migrants following ethnic unrest
Police in Moscow detained 1,200 migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus in a raid Monday on a produce warehouse,
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Chemical weapons watchdog wins 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which is currently
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Rifts emerge between Turkey’s PM and president
Divisions between Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-emerged last week with the president’s address at
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Azerbaijan’s Iham Aliyev elected president for third time, amid ‘falsification’ allegations
Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev is set to return as president for a third term, with a reported 85 per cent of
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Turkey completes construction of air defence system
Turkey is continuing its efforts to domestically produce weapons systems. The country’s defence ministry has announced launches of domestic short-range
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Greenpeace activists arrested in Russia may face additional charges
Russian investigators say they are considering additional charges against several of the 30 Greenpeace activists arrested after a protest at
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