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September 16, 2016

Exiled cleric condemns Turkish crackdown on his supporters

An Islamic cleric whom Turkey accuses of masterminding July's abortive coup again condemned a Turkish government crackdown ...

September 12, 2016

Turkey's president: replacing elected mayors 'overdue'

Turkey's president says the dismissal of 28 elected municipal and district mayors in several predominantly Kurdish towns in ...

September 11, 2016

Turkey replaces 28 elected officials with appointees

Turkish police used water cannons and teargas to disperse protesters Sunday after Ankara announced it had replaced 28 elected ...

September 10, 2016

A look at details of US-Russia deal on Syria

A look at some of the key points in an "arrangement" announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian ...

September 02, 2016

Spain PM's bid to form govt rejected again, election looms

Spain took a step closer toward holding its third election in a year after Parliament on Friday rejected for a second time ...

September 01, 2016

Turkey's president defends his massive post-coup crackdown

Turkey's president has defended the sweeping crackdown that has seen the detention of thousands of judges and prosecutors ...

August 31, 2016

Turkish minister steps down amid failed coup crackdown

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has announced that the interior minister has stepped down and is being replaced by the ...

August 31, 2016

Spain Parliament rejects PM's bid to form government

A majority of Spanish lawmakers Wednesday rejected conservative party leader Mariano Rajoy's bid to form a government, ...

August 30, 2016

Ex-Istanbul police chief, others detained in anti-coup probe

Turkey detained a former police chief, several governors and nine journalists Tuesday as part of the probe into the movement ...

August 30, 2016

Spain's acting premier launches new bid to take office

Spain's acting prime minister opened a two-day parliamentary debate Tuesday in hopes of getting enough support to form a new ...

August 27, 2016

Colombian rebels announce final conference of peace talks

Top commanders from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are preparing to gather one final time in mid-September to ...

August 24, 2016

Biden calls on Turkey to be patient in Gulen case

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Turkish authorities to be patient with the U.S. legal system as Turkey seeks the ...

August 23, 2016

Turkish, US officials discuss US-based cleric's extradition

Turkish and American justice officials met on Tuesday to discuss Turkey's demands for the extradition of a U.S.-based cleric ...

August 20, 2016

Turkey: Assad can be part of transition in Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday his country is willing to accept a role for Syrian President Bashar ...

August 20, 2016

Turkish PM says US should 'speed up' cleric's extradition

Turkey wants the United States to speed up procedures for extraditing U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom it ...

August 19, 2016

Istanbul police detain dozens as part of coup probe

Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained dozens at Turkey's banking regulatory agency and at one of ...

August 19, 2016

Spain: Rajoy's party signs deal aimed at trying to form govt

Spain's conservative Popular Party on Friday signed a deal with the business-friendly Ciudadanos party that could pave the ...

August 18, 2016

Spain's PM says he's ready for parliament investiture vote

Spain's acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy will try to persuade Parliament to let him form a government in a debate ...

August 17, 2016

Spanish PM to aim for deal with small party to form gov't

Spain's acting prime minister said Wednesday that his party has authorized him to negotiate a pact with a small party as part ...