Reuters: Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands U.S. hand over cleric
Turkey purged its police on Monday after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of a failed military coup, and said it could reconsider its friendship with the United States unless Washington hands over a cleric Ankara blames for the putsch.
Nearly 20,000 members of the police, civil service, judiciary and army have been detained or suspended since Friday night's coup, in which more than 200 people were killed when a faction of the armed forces tried to seize power.
The broad crackdown and calls to reinstate the death penalty for plotters drew concern from Western allies who said Ankara must uphold the rule of law in the country, a NATO member that is Washington's most powerful Muslim ally.
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MIDDLE EAST
Tensions with West rise as Turkey continues purge.
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ASIA
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Taliban attacks rock Afghanistan's Kunduz province.
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US officers see unexpected slip in Taliban violence.
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Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think 'lost' drug war.
Cambodian opposition presses on amid growing clampdown.
India outrage after gang rape victim assaulted again 'by same men'.
AFRICA
East African heads see more troops quelling South Sudan violence.
South Sudan fighting tops African Union summit agenda.
Foreign troops in Somalia struggle to keep Al- Shabab at bay.
Ugandan president opposes South Sudan arms embargo.
New militant group threatens to ground Nigeria’s oil production.
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Morocco asks to rejoin the African Union after 32 years.
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EUROPE
British lawmakers back renewal of Trident nuclear deterrent.
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Authorities in Armenia call on police hostage takers to give up.
Berlin to receive new UK prime minister.
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AMERICAS
Drama on Republican Convention floor. GOP convention kicks off as nation reels from more violence.
Trump and Clinton face chaotic world as party conventions begin.
Obama urges Americans to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric.
Louisiana gunman targeted and ambushed cops, police say.
Mexico statistics agency accused of changing poverty survey.
Mexico president apologizes for scandal, vows to fight graft with new law.
Argentina marks 22nd anniversary of terror attack.
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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