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Gokcek Ankara
Ankara Mayor Gokcek to resign as Erdogan consolidates local power

Melih Gokcek steps down today after 23 years in office. The move comes after Ankara’s residents…

PM Netanyahu with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull
Saturday, October 28

TWO STATE MATES Australian PM arrives in Israel Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Israel today ahead…

PM Netanyahu with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull
Australian PM Turnbull visits Israel to push two state solution

Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Israel today ahead of four days of talks, including meetings with…

A man holds leaflets featuring an image of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, at a Japanese election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan October 18, 2017.
Abe triumphant: making sense of the Japanese election

Despite scandals and low approval ratings, Abe government was re-elected with a two-thirds majority.

Russian President Putin watches the cross country skiing men’s relay during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center near Krasnaya Polyana
Russia’s central bank expected to cut rates again amid economic optimism

Russia’s central bankers are expected to cut interest rates today, probably by 25-basis points to…

Spain’s central government is poised to remove Catalonia’s autonomy
Friday, October 27

CRUNCH TIME Madrid poised to sack Catalan government The Spanish senate is today expected to…

US economy up and away
US economic growth figures for three months to September to be released

The advance reading of America’s third-quarter GDP growth releases today. Projections range from economists’ predictions…

Spain’s central government is poised to remove Catalonia’s autonomy
Spanish senators to vote on revoking Catalonia’s autonomy on Friday

The Spanish senate is today expected to approve the application of Article 155 and suspend Catalan autonomy.…

Catalan independence referendum
The Catalan independence vote: statehood or autonomy?

Madrid will eventually have to offer Catalans further autonomy to deter independence activists.

JFK murder documents to be released
54 years on, documents on JFK assassination to be released

Today, President Donald Trump is expected to allow the release of a final batch of…