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Premonition: Thousands of Russians carrying red carnations pay their last respects to slain opposition figure Boris Nemtsov

Putin’s foes have an uncanny habit of ending up dead

In the absence of dispassionate investigation, proper legal process or even official regret, the suspicion of state complicity remains.

Transformation in the workplace remains slow

From the political wilderness to prime minister of Iraq

Following months of political deadlock, the moderate Dawa faction supported Abadi’s nomination as prime minister on Monday. A portrait.

Kurdistan rises from Iraq’s ashes

While Baghdad flounders, oil is helping to fuel the dream of Kurdish independence becoming reality.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was the winner of the meeting in Alaska with US President Donald Trump. Photo: File

Snowden case a gift for Putin, a wounding rebuff for Obama

For the past four years, Barack Obama’s administration has tried hard to "reset" relations with Russia.

urkish anti-riot police arrest a ­protester during clashes with demonstrators in Ankara.

Erdogan apes Putin’s iron-fist rule

Instead of talking to the generally peaceful demonstrators, the prime minister ordered their removal by force.

The DRC opposition failed at the 11th hour to unite behind presidential candidate Martin Fayulu (centre). (Junior Kannah/AFP)

Erdoğan demands end to Turkey protests

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has delivered a fiery speech, calling for an immediate end to the protests that have swept the country.

President Bashar al-Assad’s many young supporters include hackers paid by his cousin

Syria fights back with hack attacks

The Syrian regime’s electronic army is hitting critical Western news organisations with disinformation.

Children lost in Syria’s ruins

Young boys are being used as human shields; girls married off ‘for their own protection’.

A computer screen displays the Google Maps location of Sandy Island in the Coral Sea near Australia.

Mysterious phantom island disappears without a trace

For more than a decade it has featured on the world’s maps.

Then Russian deputy prime minister Igor Sechin speaks during an interview with Reuters during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2010. Photo: Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk

Russian oil’s high roller keeps low profile

The man behind the $28-billion TNK-BP deal is one of the most powerful figures of the Putin era

Georgian billionaire and opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks to the media during press conference in Tbilisi

Georgian tycoon top of the trough

Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili has conceded that his party had lost an election to a coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Collateral damage: Civilians are bearing the brunt of the bitter conflict.

Syria’s war is forging a skilled rebel army

Former civilians have been quickly picking up the tactics that will make them a formidable military force. Luke Harding reports.

Columns of armed forces have poured into Aleppo over the past two days with troops firing on a string of rebel neighbourhoods.
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Outgunned rebels struggle on in Syria’s Aleppo

Outnumbered and outgunned, anti-regime guerrillas are fighting to stave off an onslaught by Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Aleppo, Syria.

A woman cries for a relative who was hurt in fighting in the town in March.

Libyan minority want new deal

The Amazigh were oppressed by Gaddafi and now face another battle for their language and culture, writes Luke Harding.

A cyclist passes the decorated fence surrounding Poland’s National Stadium in Warsaw

Racism could turn Ukraine Euro 2012 into PR disaster

On the eve of the Euro 2012 football championships Ukraine is staring at nothing less than a full-blown PR disaster, writes Luke Harding.

Art takes the cake

Art takes the cake

An African rights body has called on a Swedish minister to resign over her role in an art event that highlighted female genital mutilation and racism.

Puzzle of Putin’s tears

Was it fear, was it rage ­– or was the ex-KGB tough guy exploring his feminine side when he wept during during his victory speech?

Speak to my lawyer — in English

Russian oligarchs favour British courts to sue each other over their ill-gotten gains.

Return of the Tsar III

Return of the Tsar III, IV –

The year is 2024. The world’s economic prospects have perked up a bit since the collapse of the euro.

Assange haute for the count

Assange haute for the count

The WikiLeaks founder was rescued from jail by a maverick right-wing libertarian, but then the Swedes spoiled the party.