Syria: Could the country break-up?

Deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameddin's defection to the Opposition might start a wider split.

Turkey: Could the Turks intervene in Syria?

NATO and the US won't get embroiled in the Syrian political quagmire, but could the Turks?

Turkey: foreign policy is coming of age

Not since the heady days of Ottoman power has Turkey so effectively pulled its weight in world affairs.

Britain: London's tech zone boosted

Google adds its weight to the Tech City.

Azerbaijan: winner of the Eurovision song contest

But is it even in Europe?

Syria: will brutality prevail?

Assad counters the protestors with tanks and live ammunition.  Can he survive?