Eurasia

Turkey president, ex-army chief discuss coup case

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s president met with the former head of the armed forces on Thursday amid efforts to ease political tensions over an alleged military coup plot. Turkey was rocked last week by the arrests of two senior retired generals, leading businessmen and journalists — all critical of the …

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Court clears Macedonian ex-minister of war crimes

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday cleared former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski of responsibility for the murder of seven ethnic Albanians during a rebel insurgency in the country in 2001.

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Russia says its air force flew over Georgia region

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that its air force had flown over Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia this week because it believed Tbilisi was preparing to attack the region. “The need arose to take urgent and active measures to prevent bloodshed and keep the situation within peaceful bounds,” Russia’s …

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