Mesut Özil's Fenerbahce departure has been celebrated by the club's fans. His new club, Erdogan-backed Basaksehir, is quickly becoming a haven for politically controversial footballers wh...

Nato on Wednesday welcomed Finland and Sweden into the alliance after Turkey lifted its veto on their membership, clearing the way for what would be one of the most significant expansions of the allia...

After three weeks of intense fighting between Russia and Ukraine, the first signs of progress are emerging in negotiations between the neighbours. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said o...

Seize another day  Sir — Last year, many people quit their unsatisfactory jobs. This phenomenon came to be known as the ‘Great Resignation’. But a large number of them have sin...

Business barons have received another ugly reminder of how right-wing activists can dictate the way they conduct operations in India. A sinister campaign carried out by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, wide...

As thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, struggle to survive in sub-zero temperatures along the Poland-Belarus border, the world is staring at a humanitarian crisis that is the result of...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday the Taliban’s current approach and their interim government were not inclusive but Turkey was willing to work with them if they formed a more encompassi...

For four decades, Afghanistan has been the theatre of a Great Game involving a range of foreign actors — the United States of America, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, India and China — that has de...

Donald Trump is gone, marking the end of one of the lowest points in American democracy. In this heady moment, there will be a temptation to believe that his presidency was an aberration, and that wit...

Ten years ago this month, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage at the corrupt dictatorship that had ruined his young life. His sac...