Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that a government construction project in Gezi Park would be delayed until the resolution of a current court case and, depending on the ruling, a referendum in Istanbul would follow. Read Article Turkish protesters mull new offer from Erdogan
The prime minister repeated his offer to hold a referendum on a controversial building project in Gezi Park in central Istanbul - which sparked almost two weeks of anti-government protests across the country - but demonstrators showed no sign of withdrawing. Read Article Erdogan set to meet protesters in bid to end crisis
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's efforts to cast Turkey as a leader in the region are under scrutiny because of the Turkish police's heavy-handed response to protests. But the prime minister has rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring upheavals. Read Article Turkey's 'moral edge' hit by government response to protests
The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
More than 200,000 people marched across the country to vent their anger at the government's lavish spending in demonstrations which were initially triggered by a rise in bus fares. Brazil hit by largest protests in 20 years
A culinary map of the variety of Indian food organised by Indian states in just the two-kilometre radius of Karama in Dubai - often billed Little India. With map. A guide to Karama's Indian restaurants state by state
The days of taking one picture at a time on real film, rather than a disk, have never lost their romance. Neither have the images, a website is proving. Rym Ghazal reports Snapshots tell of the way we were
