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Cleveland, United States | AFP | Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention on Tuesday that he would win the White House in November, saying he was “so proud” to be their nominee for US president. “This is a movement. But we have to go all the way. I am …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | A judge on Tuesday suspended the WhatsApp smartphone messaging service across Brazil, where it is hugely popular, for failing to surrender user data in a police investigation. “WhatsApp is blocked across the whole national territory,” a spokesman for the court in Rio de …

A Turkish court has remanded in custody 26 senior generals on charges of playing a role in the  failed coup aimed at toppling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said on Tuesday. The 26 placed under arrest by the Ankara court include former Turkish air force chief General Akin Ozturk, …

Washington, UNITED STATES | AFP | Three police officers were killed and three injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, with at least two suspects at large, police said. “Three law enforcement (officers) are confirmed dead, three others injured,” the East Baton Rouge sheriff’s office said in …

Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the attempted coup. “In democracies, decisions are made based on what the people say. I think our government will speak with the opposition and come to a decision,” he …

Cleveland, UNITED STATES | AFP | American photographer Spencer Tunick merged nudity and politics in a dramatic way Sunday in his latest work, posing 100 unclothed women for a shoot in sight of the Republican National Convention. Tunick’s large-scale arty installation, “Everything She Says Means Everything,” featured women of all …

Ankara, Turkey | AFP | A top army general has been detained over alleged involvement in a coup attempt aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, an official said Saturday. “General Erdal Ozturk, commander of the Third Army, has been detained,” said the Turkish official, speaking on condition of …

Ankara, Turkey | AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday battled to regain control over Turkey after a coup bid by discontented soldiers, as signs grew that the most serious challenge to his 13 years of dominant rule was starting to falter. After hours of chaos unseen in decades, Erdogan …

  Right now in the skies of #Ankara, fighter jets flying low. Please let this be some sort of training, I’m scared. pic.twitter.com/GBOIZL1sNZ — Marina Lourenço (@lourenco_marina) July 15, 2016   #BREAKING Turkey’s top general ‘held hostage’ at military HQ: state agency — AFP news agency (@AFP) July 15, 2016 …

A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a “terrorist” attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display. The driver was shot dead after barrelling the truck two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the …