A Turkish court on Wednesday handed life sentences to 40 people convicted of plotting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a luxury Aegean hotel during last year’s failed coup.
Thirty-one defendants, including senior military officers, were each given four life sentences at the trial in the southwestern city of Mugla, the private Dogan news agency reported.
They include formerRead more
A U.S. commando was killed and three others injured in a dawn raid on the al Qaeda militant group in southern Yemen on Sunday, the U.S. military announced in a statement.
The U.S. army killed 14 militants in a raid on a powerful al Qaeda branch that has been a frequent target of U.S. drone strikes. Medics at the scene,Read more