Recommendation The violent regimes of autocrats like Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot may be over, but tyranny itself is not yet a thing of the past. In this accessible version of some of their mo… Read More

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Modern democracy is gradually taking shape between ancient legacies and adaptations to contemporary issues. Faced with the trials of history, modern democracies have experienced as many adva… Read More

Comment on this storyComment Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won another term, according to preliminary results from the nation’s runoff election Sunday. He finished… Read More

Hello, it’s Monday, June 5, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES State of Florida appears to have arranged to send migrants to Sacramento More than a… Read More

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories… Read More

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Human rights lawyers have called on the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into alleged crimes they say were committed by Turkish au… Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his military to observe a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holidays, the first sweeping truc… Read More

“Individuals Froze”: Video Shows Moment Of Explosion On Istanbul Avenue In addition to the six dead, Erdogan said another fifty three have been wounded, based on data he acqui… Read More

Australian roadie Tana Douglas may well be the only person ever to be formally introduced to Queen Elizabeth II while wearing Doc Martens boots. “She tilted her head slightly to one… Read More

That is an version of Up for Debate, a publication by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up well timed conversations and solicits reader responses to at least one thought-provok… Read More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has moved to expel 10 Western ambassadors in Ankara after they issued an unusual joint statement calling for the release of a jailed civil society lead… Read More

A radically reshaped Turkey on Thursday marks five years since a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed a sweeping political crackdown and mass arrests.  Read More

Fighting stopped about 200,000 people from evacuating the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol for a second day in a row on Sunday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press ahead wi… Read More

A nationalist Turkish television station with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dug up a 12-year-old map that projects Turkey’s sphere of influence in 2050 as… Read More

Supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan wave Turkish flags during a trial for soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate the president on the night of the failed last year's July 15 coup… Read More

The death toll from Turkey’s flash floods rose to 27 on Friday after search and rescue crews recovered 10 more bodies overnight, with dozens still missing.    Presiden… Read More

This article titled “Coronavirus live: US expected to announce new travel rules for India; record daily deaths in Turkey – as it happened” was written by Nadeem Badshah (… Read More

By Henry Srebrnik, [Moncton, NB] Times & TranscriptPerhaps no president other than Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt comes into office facing greater problems than does Joe Biden… Read More