Turkey quashes coup; Erdogan vows ‘heavy price’ for plotters
By SUZAN FRASER and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL Pouring out into the streets, forces loyal to Turkey’s president quashed a coup attempt in a night and day of explosions, air battles and…
Military and defense
US would consider extradition request for exiled cleric
By BRADLEY KLAPPER The Obama administration would entertain an extradition request for the U.S.-based cleric that Turkey’s president is blaming for a failed coup attempt, U.S. Secretary of State John…
US offering Russia military pact in Syria
By BRADLEY KLAPPER The United States is offering Russia a new military pact against the Islamic State and al-Qaida in Syria, according to a leaked U.S. proposal that, if finalized,…
NATO boosts support for countries battling Islamic extremism
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG NATO allies agreed Saturday to provide increased military support to countries in the Middle East and North Africa that are targets of Islamic…
Scathing report slams Blair over botched Iraq war
By JILL LAWLESS Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq was a failure born of flawed intelligence, lack of foresight and “wholly inadequate” planning, an official inquiry concluded Wednesday…
AP Interview: NATO to end central Europe’s fears of Russia
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Decisions to be approved at this week’s NATO summit in Warsaw will build a deterrence force that should make Russia “forget about threatening Poland” and other nations,…
Israel’s Netanyahu in Uganda to start 4-nation Africa tour
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s raid on Uganda’s Entebbe airport 40 years ago, in which his brother was killed, “changed the course” of his…
US: Up to 116 civilians killed in drone, other air attacks
By DEB RIECHMANN The White House said Friday that as many as 116 civilians have been killed by drone and other U.S. strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Africa since President…