Erdogan v Ataturk – the battle for Turkey’s political soul
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamist AK party has ruled the country for a decade, does not seem to care what the secular crowd protesting in Istanbul thinks.
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The United States will meet with the Taliban to begin talks aimed at brokering peace after 12 years of fighting in Afghanistan, officials say.
The US says it will increase military assistance, including arms, to Syrian rebels after claiming Damascus used chemical weapons. But the Syrian government dismisses the claim as “full of lies”.
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamist AK party has ruled the country for a decade, does not seem to care what the secular crowd protesting in Istanbul thinks.
With diplomatic moves to end Syria’s conflict locked in paralysis, there is a very real danger the country’s huge chemical weapons stockpile could either be used or fall into the hands of jihadists.
Will Syria’s huge chemical weapons stockpile be used by the regime against its own people? Will it be transferred to Lebanon for use against Israel? Or could it fall into the hands of jihadists?
As the Somalia Conference opens in London, Somali reporter Jamal Osman gives a personal account of the relationship between the countries, including how Britain may be playing catch up to Turkey.
A UN investigator says there is evidence rebel groups may have used chemical weapons, as the battle for the Middle East’s largest chemical weapons facility continues to rage.
Police flood the streets of central London for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, with 4,000 officers lining the route. Security has been ramped up following the Boston bombings in the US.
A leading Islamist terror group says it was not behind the marathon bombs, as America asks: did the bombers come from home or abroad?
Humanitarian responses to refugees fleeing conflict in Mali have been “far from adequate”, putting thousands at risk from malnutrition and the “deplorable” conditions in camps, a report warns.
United Nations talks with the Syrian government over an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons have reached an impasse, UN diplomats say.
The al-Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who shot to prominence after the bloody Algerian gas plant hostage crisis, has reportedly been killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali.
Three men from Birmingham accused of plotting suicide attacks potentially deadlier than those of 9/11 face life sentences after being found guilty of terrorism.
I’ve updated my book Sandstorm with an epilogue, taking into account the killing of the US ambassador and other events in Libya. I also write on Mali, showing the links between events in the two countries.
French troops may pull out of Mali next month, handing over to a still-developing Malian military. The announcement comes as troops secure the key northern city of Kidal.