Forces loyal to Turkey’s president quashed a coup attempt in a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left some 250 people dead and over 1,400 wounded Saturday. President
World leaders expressed support for Turkey and its democratic institutions on Saturday after the government quashed an attempted military coup. BRITAIN British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he had spoken
Before having a change to enter his new post as IDF Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Eyal Karim has come under a hail of fire from the leftists and women’s rights organizations.
NATO’s chief has called for “full respect” for Turkey’s democratic institutions and constitution. “I have just spoken to the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in
France called up thousands of reserve security forces Friday as authorities tried to determine why a Tunisian deliveryman known only to be a petty criminal took the wheel of a
President Barack Obama is urging all parties in Turkey to support the democratically-elected government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He’s urging them to show restraint and avoid any violence or
Turkey’s armed forces said it “fully seized control” of the country Friday and its president responded by calling on Turks to take to the streets in a show of support
Loud explosions have been heard in Turkey’s capital Ankara and CNN-Turk reports an explosion occurred at the state-run television building. Turkey’s state-run news agency report military helicopters have also attacked
An attempted coup is underway by some military officers in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the country’s prime minister said. The Turkish military claims to have taken over after Turkey’s
Federal authorities say much of the Northeast is experiencing drought conditions, with sections of New York and Massachusetts among the driest. The U.S. Drought Monitor said Thursday that western New
The White House on Friday predicted that the government’s budget deficit for the soon-to-end fiscal year will hit $600 billion, an increase of $162 billion over last year’s tally and
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A New York icon is going the way of the horse and buggy. Verizon will end the mass distribution of business phone directories in New York state, in another example
The government is preparing to release a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that questions whether Saudi nationals who helped the hijackers with
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has picked his running mate — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. A former congressman, Pence is in many ways what Trump is not: a strong
Egypt has launched a program of having Muslim clerics read a standardized government-written sermon at Friday prayers, a move by the state to tighten control over religious discourse. The minister
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