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15k detained over failed coup: Turkey
Turkey says over 15,000 people, including 10,000 soldiers, have been detained in connection with the recent failed coup.

Turkey says over 15,000 people, including 10,000 soldiers, have been detained in connection with the recent failed coup.

The US Navy says it will continue military operation in the much-disputed South China Sea.

Chinese officials, during a recent visit to Iran Fisheries Organization, have voiced readiness to invest $3 billion in Iran’s fishery industry.

A bomb explosion hits an open market in Yemen’s Ma’rib, leaving seven people dead and 18 others injured.

A Kuwaiti court sentences a lawmaker to 14.5 years in prison for insulting the ruling families in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Turkey's energy minister says Turkish authorities were planning a major overhaul of the army before the coup attempt.

Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are more likely to be arrested by police compared to white people in the United States, new research finds.

Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi has called for removing “customs hurdles” with Russia.

The Syrian army says it has cut off all supply routes to the terrorist-controlled eastern parts of Aleppo.

Australian police launch an investigation into the Vatican’s finance chief over allegations of child sex abuse.

The UN calls for a "humanitarian" truce in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta'izz as heavy fighting continues in the embattled region.

Heavy monsoon rains, flooding kill 58 people and leaves 20 missing in Nepal.

Turkey says the soldiers involved in the recent coup attempt only account for 1.5 percent of the military.

The Kremlin dismisses the US allegations of interfering in the country’s presidential election campaign.

Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh says the country plans to triple its export of natural gas to Armenia by 2019.

The national Iranian men’s junior handball team loses to Iraq at the 15th edition of the Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship.

A terrorist attack in the UK is "highly likely" following attacks in other parts of Europe, British security services warn.

A police officer and four gunmen are injured in an exchange of fire in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.