Russia and Turkey accuse each other of buying oil from the Islamic State

The war of words between Moscow and Ankara took a new turn early this week in the wake of Turkey's Nov. 24 downing of a Russian jet that had flown briefly into Turkish airspace during a sortie in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, traded accusations on the sidelines […]











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Russian crackdown against Turkey targets soccer players, Ottoman classes and turkey parts

MOSCOW — Turkish soccer players are off-limits. Ottoman-Turkish language classes are canceled. Frozen turkey parts from Turkey have been banned. When Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev ordered his government last week to draft economic sanctions against Turkey, no ministry was left out. Some of the sanctions in the wake of Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane over […]











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In Cuba, it turns out, security forces really are everywhere

HAVANA -- The protests that erupted Friday in Havana at airline offices and outside Ecuador's Embassy were a rare occurrence in this tightly controlled society, where street demonstrations and anti-government activism are essentially forbidden. As such, the protests were an opportunity to see the Cuban government's extensive security apparatus in action. In a part of […]











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Family of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi moves closer to new life in Canada

Almost three months since the world beheld images of the tiny corpse of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, which washed ashore on a Turkish beach, it appears that some of his family members may be en route to a better life in Canada. Kurdi, his brother and his mother lost their lives during the family's ill-fated […]











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Why Saudi Arabia plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper

Dubai’s superlative-loving rulers are on notice: Saudi Arabia seems to be getting serious about stealing your crowning glory. State-linked development companies in the Red Sea port of Jiddah have agreed to pony up the money for a skyscraper flirting with the unprecedented one-kilometer mark. That’s about 3,280 feet. Or about 550 feet taller than the […]











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