Russia will try mostly to widen European divisions

Russia’s influence on the May elections will be small; its longer-term focus is on weakening the EU by disruption

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Mali’s new prime minister faces entrenched challenges

Boubou Cisse enters office after the surprise departure of his predecessor and amid deep turbulence in central Mali

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Netanyahu has begun discussions with right-wing parties as he attempts to build a new coalition after the election

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Easter Day attacks targeted upmarket hotels in the capital and churches across the country

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Influential Shia clerics in Iraq resent Iran’s interference in the country on political and theological grounds

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It appears that the president has retained power and that the government-aligned parliamentary coalition will be intact

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The armed forces have been under constant purge in order to fill them with Erdogan loyalists rooted in Islam

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Muslim-majority countries have been largely silent in the face of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region

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Next week’s general election features concurrent presidential and legislative polls

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Tomorrow sees the start of seven phases of polling in the general election

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