Turkey has long chafed at what it sees as a NATO ally’s unwillingness to hand over Fethullah Gulen, a man that Ankara considers a national security threat. 243
After a failed military coup Friday that rocked Turkey, leaving over 250 dead, Turkish President Recep Erdogan's government has reasserted control. Loyalist elements of the Turkish military have begun seizing buildings back from the coup plotters, and more than 2,800 military personnel have been detained for questioning. Photo: Getty
After surviving an attempted coup, Turkish President Erdogan has avoided the fate his ally Mohammed Morsi suffered in Egypt. The big question now is how he handles opposition groups, which backed him in his hour of need.
Turkey’s government reasserted control Saturday with a wave of mass arrests after a failed coup left more than 250 people dead. 291
Neighbors describe Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel as a volatile man prone to bizarre acts of rage as his marriage broke down, suggesting his troubles began long before he carried out Thursday’s massacre in Nice.
French authorities say that while the Tunisian man who carried out the Bastille Day assault had no known ties to terror groups, the attack was, at the very least, inspired by Islamic State. 146
Bouchra Marzouk, who lost a son and a sister in the attack at Nice, France, is hoping her only remaining child will awaken from a coma.
French authorities were struggling to find concrete connections between terrorist groups and the man who killed scores in Nice, despite Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the carnage.
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The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has often seemed stranger than fiction. On the eve of the national conventions, we look back at fictitious presidents from movies and TV shows—and ranked them.
The British author on the problem with writing romantic fiction today, why she puts her characters through a ‘kick the dog’ test and how Brexit could be a good plot point.
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Mega-shouldered suits and Pepto-pink sport coats are not for everyone (or, you might argue, anyone). But there are other more wearable looks in our guide to the spring 2017 menswear shows in London, Milan, Paris and New York, which ended this week.
Savvy chefs are coming up with ever more creative spins on this basic dish, and you can too. Just follow these rules of thumb. Or try these recipes for fried-chicken, whole-grain and paella-style variations.
From Compère Lapin in New Orleans comes this light, bright and briny summer pasta topped with clams and a lemony parsley gremolata.
Make camping a little more sumptuous with a black-out tent that lets you snooze late, a solar backpack to charge a slew of gadgets and a bed-like sleeping bag.
Why do so many bond investors feel nostalgic for the days when yields were negative after inflation while they feel cheated by today’s marginally positive real income? Blame the “money illusion.”
The funeral—held in a packed sports facility that seats 5,000—ended a week of public grief and ceremony in the Dallas area for five policemen killed last week by a gunman.
Hillary Clinton will pledge to make an overhaul of the campaign-finance system an urgent priority if elected, with plans to introduce a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United ruling. 54
Larry Bock was a leading biotechnology investor and entrepreneur. He also founded the USA Science and Engineering Festival, an event to inspire young people to explore careers in those fields. He died July 6 of pancreatic cancer at 56.
While Egyptian officials disclosed the word “fire” is audible on the cockpit voice recording from EgyptAir Flight 804, safety experts said investigators have no clear-cut answers about the sequence of events behind the crash.
U.S. and Russian officials agreed on steps designed to pave the way for an end to the civil war in Syria, but top officials declined to detail the specifics.
If you’re after a slower pace this summer—a quaint vacation marked by waterfront bonfires, creaky lighthouses and cherry pie—make your way to Lake Michigan.
A sold-out play, a new best-seller and a fresh slate of wizardly movies; how J.K. Rowling is deftly cranking back up the magic machine.
Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
