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Airport in Tripoli reopens after overnight clashes - Libyan crisis

Libya's unity government was created at UN-backed talks in 2015, but it has struggled to assert control, while a number of international initiatives since have failed to unite the country.

Rivals in Ukraine's presidential runoff debate at stadium

Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko attacks candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy's inexperience and claims he is dangerously pro-Russia and in turn the comic actor accuses his rival of being corrupt.

Crimean Tatars: ‘Religious persecution made us more strong and united’

Russia has been targeting the Tatars with illegal detentions and other threats, even forcing them out of Crimea, but the ethnic minority refuses to accept Moscow's sovereignty

Turkey understands NATO's concern on Russian S-400s – Turkish FM

Speaking at a news conference with his Polish and Romanian counterparts, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey is taking the utmost care to ensure that the S-400 system is under full Turkish control.

The rebirth of Hamid Karzai: Kingmaker to president to father figure

Afghan politics has always been a complicated and ruthless affair, yet Karzai has withstood the turbulence like no leader before him.

Documents reveal French arms could be fueling violence overseas

A new report from a collective of investigative journalists raises serious questions about the French government's culpability for atrocities committed in Yemen.

Trump sought to have Mueller removed - report

US President Donald Trump sought to have special counsel Robert Mueller removed nearly two years ago from the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the long-awaited Mueller report revealed.

Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns

Media watchdog Reportes Without Borders (RSF) warns political leaders' hostility towards the media have "fuelled an unprecedented level of fear and danger for journalists".

The Russian government's grip over the internet just got tighter

A new law in Russia can pave the way for the government to have greater control over what Russians can access on the internet.

International divisions over Libya will make matters worse

Libya has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with divisions between foreign states ensuring that the the war does not come to an end.

Breakthrough reached on negotiating Syria's new constitution

Top EU sources told TRT World the differences between Bashar al Assad and the armed opposition over the nature of the constitutional committee have been narrowed down.

Ukraine comedian Zelenskiy to meet Macron before presidential run-off

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy is heading to Paris to meet the French president. He is predicted to win the presidential election run-off, despite his only political experience of playing the president in a TV show.