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Greece and Turkey look to revive rapprochement amid Aegean tensions
A meeting between the leaders of Greece and Turkey next week seeks to rejuvenate a stalled rapprochement process between the neighbouring countries, amid growing tensions and fears of an unpredictable intervention by US President Donald Trump.
Portugal votes in presidential election battered by deadly storms
Portugal, which is reeling from a battering by deadly storms, began voting in the second round of a presidential election on Sunday, with the moderate candidate expected to trounce his far-right rival.
I trawl through Assad’s mass graves to identify slaughtered civilians – I’ve seen nails ripped off and kneecaps drilled
HUMAN bones were visible on the surface of a mass grave near Damascus, left behind after years of secret removals. This is Syria after Bashar al-Assad – and Mouaz Moustafa walked through the site knowing his own uncle could be buried beneath his feet. …
Japan election: Sanae Takaichi’s ruling conservatives on course for landslide victory
Exit polls point to public endorsement of new prime minister Sanae TakaichiJapan’s conservative governing party is on course to strengthen dramatically its grip on power after exit polls predicted a landslide victory in Sunday’s lower house elections.T…
It’s time to end impunity for those on the edge of treason
Britain has been enfeebled by years of top-level scandals that has gone unpunished, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley. No wonder young people don’t feel their country is worth fighting for
Three suspects in Russian general shooting named, including alleged gunman
The suspects include the alleged gunman, Lyubomir Korba, whom Russia says fled to the UAE after the attack.
Man named in South Africa’s police corruption probe found dead
Reports say Wiandre Pretorius, who last week said he survived an assassination attempt, shot himself.
Japan’s ruling party regains lower-house majority in election, media projections show
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party appears to have regained its majority in the country’s powerful lower house, national broadcaster NHK reported Sunday. Ultraconservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who was a heavy metal drummer in her youth,…
What is at stake in Thailand’s elections, as three parties vie for power?
Vote counting is underway in Thailand’s early general election, seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics. The battle for support from 53 million registered voters came against a bac…