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More than 58,000 soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers and government workers have been detained, suspended or placed under investigation since the failed military coup in Turkey, it has emerged. A statement on its conclusions, expected to include a series of emergency...

The Hong Kong authorities’ prosecution of three pro-democracy student leaders sends a chilling warning for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the city, Amnesty International said today, after Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law were found guilty for their...

Mr Corbyn won a crucial victory against rebels seeking to unseat him on Tuesday, after the party’s executive committee ruled that he will automatically be included in a leadership ballot as the incumbent leader.

South Sudan’s health ministry has not declared an outbreak because samples are undergoing final laboratory testing for confirmation, but a cholera response plan has been launched anyway, said ministry official Dr. Thomas Akim Ujjiga.

He just admitted it.

That is what many Republicans are hoping – to wake up the day after the Cleveland convention to discover that the Trump nomination was an all-too-realistic nightmare.

Kahrs acknowledged that he’s previously been candid about not being “a big fan” of Trump during the campaign but said Thursday that Trump sent strong, favorable signals to the GOP’s conservative base by naming Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.

When Mayer interviewed Trump about the book’s provenance, he denied that Schwartz was the architect.

President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the status of US -based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Turkish authorities for masterminding a recent failed coup, during a call on Tuesday, the White House said. A state of emergency will, in theory, allow...

Cruz’s 23-minute Wednesday night speech didn’t include an endorsement of Trump, only congratulations, a defiant step that created an ugly scene, as delegates in the pro-Trump hall shouted through the end of his speech and booed.

Born in Belarus, Sheremet worked as an investigative journalist for Ukrainska Pravda, one of Ukraine’s leading internet news sites, and also hosted a radio show in a career that had set him at odds with the region’s autocratic governments.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clashed with academics earlier this year, when more than 1,000 of them signed a petition calling for peace in the southeast and criticizing the government’s handling of the state’s long-running battle with its Kurdish population centered...

Flowers commemorating the spot where someone was killed in the the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.

Ms Eagle has since withdrawn from the leadership race and backed Welsh MP Owen Smith as the parliamentary party seeks to unseat Mr Corbyn from the top job.

Created in 2009 as Malaysian Prime Minister Rajib Nazak entered office, 1MDB “was ostensibly created to pursue investment and development for the economic benefit of Malaysia and its people”, the court complaint charged. “Malaysia does continue to be an ally of...