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He ruled his people with an iron fist. In the end they dragged him from a drainpipe.

Abroad, he’s drawn comparisons to the legendary Sultan Saladin. But back home, many Turks are uneasy.

Russian authorities found mafia bosses serving time in three secret, pimped-out rooms

The past activities of some members are casting shadows over the party’s move onto the national political stage

The Japan Tourism Agency will offer 10,000 free round-trip airfares to foreigners to visit the country next year

Local officials in England have discovered 26 munitions, such as an anti-submarine depth charge, on a naturist beach

The former CIA agent is working on a new spy novel

A gay-rights activist and a former IRA leader figure among those generating unusual excitement

Did Iran really plan to kill the Saudi ambassador?

Unlike the Taliban, Afghanistan’s Haqqani network fields "world-class fighters" who are keen to disrupt the peace process