Votes aplenty in 2023.
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Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Protesters at an anti-LGBT+ rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 18 September 2022.
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Turkey has never resembled an autocracy as much as it does today. A new history examines its slide into illiberalism.
Ekrem Imamoglu – heading to jail or the presidency.
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Conviction means popular opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu is barred from running for office. It comes as incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces dwindling support.
Russian president Vladimir Putin honours ‘Russian heroes’ at a function in Moscow.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
The city of Darayya has been destroyed during the Syrian war.
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Renewed military activity in Syria is also stoking a round of alliance building for the Ukraine war.
A protest on November 20 in Berlin over the latest attacks of the Turkish military into Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria.
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Turkey’s bombing of northern Syria is worrying both the US and Russia, for different reasons.
Healthy turkeys on a farm in West Newfield, Maine.
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Hunters are warned to take precautions handling wild birds, and the virus can spill over to non-avian species, so no one should approach wild animals that appear ill.
Sunset over the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
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The Ottoman empire once stretched from Vienna to Cairo, an expert explains its power.
The pilot of a Greek fighter jet F-16 Viper checks the aircraft before the takeoff at Tanagra north of Athens, Greece in September 2022. Greece has bolstered its air force amid increasing tensions with neighbouring Turkey.
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Tensions between Greece and Turkey are nothing new, but the future cannot be built on the grievances of the past. For greater regional stability, both countries must de-escalate.
The Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu where a 30-hour Al-Shabaab siege left 21 people dead in August 2022.
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Al-Shabaab’s evolution over nearly two decades has been centred around three major goals.
Tourism resorts around the world have suffered an economic hit with a drop in Russian tourists.
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Resorts around the world are looking to attract travellers from other countries to replace Russian travellers.
A Syrian refugee boy jumps from a swing as he plays under cloudy skies at the public beach of Ramlet al Bayda in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2015.
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Many displaced Syrians responded to harsh border controls by passing through permeable borders, using alternative routes and relying upon the use of smugglers and social networks.
All smiles: Russian president Vladimir Putin, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting in Tehran, July 2022.
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This is not so much an alliance as a coalition of the isolated.
These are ferociously intelligent books by two young female writers addressing the problems of gender, race and migration in Australia today.
What role does long-term certainty play in immigration policy?
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Government policy that provides certainty to immigrants will improve integration and, ultimately, boost the economy
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) met in Ankara, Turkey on June 8 2022 to discuss Ukrainian grain exports.
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Negotiations between Russia and Turkey to ensure safe passage of Ukrainian grain hint at a new era of global food diplomacy.
Among the children living in Syrian refugee camps are 28,000 born to foreign Islamic State fighters.
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Western European states are ignoring the international legal rights of children and using national security arguments to avoid responsibility for them.
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Turkey’s veto on Finland and Sweden joining the alliance is part of a complex political game being played by Ankara.
Sweden and Finland’s prime ministers have confirmed that they are applying to join Nato.
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Plus reports grow of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians being relocated to Russia.
Turkey, who has built ties with both Russia and Ukraine, is blocking Sweden and Finland from joining Nato.
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Turkey risks losing influence by blocking Sweden and Finland’s membership of Nato, says an expert.