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Erdogan’s Turkey: towards a new sultanate?

Turkey’s president is determined to win an April referendum that will gift him one-man rule.

Enchanted no more: Puerto Rico’s debt plan

Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello will present a fiscal turnaround plan to a federal oversight…

Tuesday, Feb. 28

Puerto Rico’s governor will present his plan to pull the indebted island-territory out of crisis – a thankless task.

Split and reform: Italian elections

Italian lawmakers will begin debating reforms to the country’s electoral law on Monday. The reforms…

Trees to go, but Russia just a tap away

Despite delays in Italy’s Puglia region caused by more than 200 ancient olive trees, decision…

Case closed: South Korea awaits impeachment decision

Hearings in President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment trial draw to a close on Monday. Park’s lawyers…

Monday, Feb. 27

A South Korean court wraps up hearings on President Park’s impeachment but the outlook is far from clear.

Decimated: Russia’s opposition

The two-year anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov – the late high-profile Russian opposition…

Testing the waters: Australia and Indonesia

Sunday marks the final day of President Joko Widodo’s visit to Australia. The trip heralds…

Looking east: Salman on tour

Saudi Arabia has been joined at the hip with the West since the Cold War…