Turkish officials say they have detained a top official to cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for an attempted coup earlier this month.
The U.S. government said on July 21 that it has information about a "potential, imminent threat" against its citizens in areas of Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah that are frequented by Westerners.
The European Union has expressed "concern" over Turkey's jailing or firing of thousands of people suspected of involvement in a failed coup attempt and urged the country to respect human rights and the rule of law.
Iranian media reports say authorities have arrested 40 people suspected of plotting an attack against military installations in the country's restive southeast, near the border with Pakistan.
The United States has blacklisted three Al-Qaeda leaders living in Iran, saying they had helped the Islamist militant group on the battlefield, with finance and logistics, and in mediating with Iranian authorities.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency for three months following the failed coup attempt on July 15.
Turkey has formally charged 99 military generals for their role in the failed coup attempt on July 15.
Turkmen officials have closed the border with Kazakhstan for five days in line with increased security measures.
The Turkish government has banned all academics from foreign travel as part of wide-ranging restrictions put in place in Turkey following a failed military coup on July 15.
Serbian police said they have detained six people for smuggling 78 migrants trying to reach the European Union on July 19.
German police say a hand-drawn Islamic State (IS) flag was found in the room of the 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who attacked passengers on a train in Bavaria, in southern Germany, before being shot dead by police on July 19.
Kazakh officials say they believe they have captured the lone gunman in multiple attacks that President Nursultan Nazarbaev described as a "terrorist act," which targeted police and left seven people dead and eight others injured in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital, Almaty.
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