Turkey says it has arrested 11 fugitive soldiers accused of trying to seize President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup earlier this month.
Kyrgyz authorities say they have detained a 20-year-old man on his way to join the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria.
Turkey has dismissed 1,389 personnel from the armed forces for suspected links to U.S.-based Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric whom Turkey accuses of being behind a failed coup attempt earlier this month.
Suspected militants have killed two members of a religious minority group along the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Turkey's purge of its military after a failed coup attempt is hindering cooperation with U.S. military and intelligence operations against the Islamic State militant group, U.S. officials have said.
Turkey on July 26 widened its crackdown after a failed coup by detaining the top Turkish military generals that are serving as part of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Police in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, killed nine militants on July 26 who were thought to be plotting violence similar to a July 1 attack on a cafe that killed 22 people.
Iran has denied recent U.S. accusations that three Al-Qaeda operatives were in Iran, helping the Islamist militant group with finance and logistics across the Middle East.
A United Nations council overturned a move by Russia, China, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and other countries to block accreditation for media freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists.
The United States on July 25 approved the release of a former Red Army ballet dancer who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 14 years.
German authorities are investigating 60 asylum seekers suspected of possible links to terrorist organizations, including Islamic State, the Federal Criminal Police Office BKA said on July 25.
Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists, the latest in a widening crackdown that followed a failed military coup, television news channels reported on July 25.
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