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His obsession with a Kurdish threat hampers more urgent attention to the terrorist menace emanating from Syria and Iraq.
The international community must step in to save the war-torn state from imploding, the US warns.
European leaders, backed by President Barack Obama, have come to an uncomfortable conclusion: they need Russia.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blast in Thailand, with everyone from Islamist groups and the Uighur to a lone operative being blamed.
The president’s unrelenting bid for a third term is raising tensions that could inflame the region.
A crisis looms as the prime minister opposes Recep Erdogan’s desire to be a superpresident.
An agreement would also boost the legacies of the presidents of both Iran and the United States.
When in the past European governments have paid ransoms of whatever kind to free their nationals, they have been accused of letting the side down.
The sands are shifting under the Arab kingdom’s feet but the absolutist country is loath to adapt.
The collapse of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme would be potentially cataclysmic.
The country’s president is all too aware of the consequences of the meltdown in relations between Russia and the West.
Erdogan is often categorised as a Western ally. This is a misperception. His vision of Turkey is of an emerging great power and regional leader.
Negotiators say a deal over the country’s nuclear ambitions is at hand, but trust issues remain.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged even more belligerent towards his opponents before the nationwide municipal elections.
The US president tells his Russian counterpart his political strategy is a generation out of date.
Putin has made it clear that the country will no longer cave to the wishes of the US and its allies.
The US has positioned itself firmly behind Japan, raising its huge and powerful neighbour’s ire.
Detailed investigations of possible war crimes arising from drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen pose difficult questions for the US.
Ernest Hemingway immortalised the Paris-based Herald newspaper in his writing, but future readers will know it as the International New York Times.
Westgate is a wake-up call and the hunt will be on for the man believed to be behind the attack.
