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By Jonathan Landay and Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attempted military coup in Turkey could hamper the United States in its war against Islamic State in Syria and undermine other U.S. goals in the Middle East by weakening democracy and sparking prolonged instability in the NATO pact’s only Muslim member. With the Turkish military and security services apparently split as gunfire and explosions rocked both Istanbul and the capital Ankara on Friday night, the United States made clear... Читать дальше...

A 15-year-old girl staged a hunger strike for three days before winning her family’s approval to build a toilet in their house in a village in Koppal district’s Gangavati taluk.

Turkish soldiers stood guard near Taksim Square in Istanbul.

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Four times in the past – in 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1987 – Turkey’s military has stepped in to remove a government, usually when it did not like its pro-Islamic nature. It always relinquished power quickly

Washington relies heavily on Ankara but the Obama administration has been frustrated with Erdogan

The Sharks booked their spot in the Super Rugby playoffs on Friday night after a 40-29 win over the Sunwolves in Durban.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore should be swiftly removed from office for a second time because he urged the state's probate judges to defy federal courts on gay marriage, a state ethics commission argued Friday.

The Turkish people should respect their laws and institutions and support the democratic government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, presumptive US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a statement.

State-owned media outlet TRT TV channel has been retaken by the Erdogan government after being seized earlier in the evening by leaders of a military coup against Turkey's government.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson's harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson's harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson's harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson's harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in New York.

Carlson, who left Fox last month, has accused Ailes of retaliating when she refused his sexual advances and complained about harassment in the workplace at the nation's top cable news channel. [...] other women have come forward to accuse the media executive of sexual misconduct in cases that predated Fox's 1996 launch, and a succession of Fox personalities have publicly expressed support for their boss. Carlson, in her lawsuit, alleges that Ailes told her in a private meeting about her workplace... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson's harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in New York.

I labelled GWS the Greater Western Scary on April 30 this year after they belted the Hawthorn Football Club by 75 points in round six. It was the best team performance I have seen this year.

​In the Turkish context, the real question is this – why did the military take so long to come after the increasingly autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan?

As dire as political conditions have become, a successful coup wouldn’t serve the interests of those it claimed to support

When you think about hip-hop, you think Donald Trump, right? OK, so maybe he’s closer to hip replacement, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has had far more mentions in hip-hop lyrics than Hillary Clinton or any other candidate from this year’s race, according to a study by FiveThirtyEight. [...] the study also found that as the election approaches, virtually all of the mentions are negative — unlike earlier lyrics that envied his wealth. Clinton has drawn few negative lyrics this year ... Читать дальше...

Turkey's military launched a coup against the elected government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish officials and the army said Friday, setting off a violent struggle between the nation's military and civilian leaders and further destabilizing the longtime U.S. ally now at war with Kurdish militants and the Islamic State.

Sources told NBC News Friday that Trump was stressed over the circumstances of picking Mike Pence as his running mate and conveyed that he felt "backed into a corner."

The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission wrote in the court filing that Moore — who was ousted from the bench in 2003 for refusing to remove a boulder-sized Ten Commandments monument at a state building — was again flouting the rule of law, but this time he was urging 68 probate judges to do so with him. "Because the chief justice has proven — and promised — that he will not change his behavior, he has left this Court with no choice but to remove him from office to preserve the integrity, independence... Читать дальше...

In Rotterdam is in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag een groep mensen samengekomen om steun te betuigen aan de Turkse president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ze verzamelden zich voor het consulaat van Turkije op de Westblaak. Er klonk getoeter en er werden leuzen geroepen. Er zijn ook meldingen van nachtelijke demonstraties in Den Haag en Deventer.