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US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, US.

Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Turkey for failed 2016 coup, dies at 83

 American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

American Jewish man sentenced to death in Congo for involvement in failed coup

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
Benjamin Zalman Polun, Marcel Malanga and Taylor Thompson, American citizens suspected, along with a group of over fifty other people, to be involved in an attempted coup in Congo, wait for the beginning of their trial in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 7, 2024.

Three US citizens sentenced to death in Congo over role in failed coup

By REUTERS
 Pheu Thai Party's leader and prime ministerial candidate Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures on the day of a pivotal parliamentary vote on a new prime minister in Bangkok, August 16, 2024.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand's youngest prime minister

By REUTERS
 A soldier sits atop an military vehicle as Bolivia's President Luis Arce "denounced the irregular mobilization" of some units of the country's army, in La Paz, Bolivia June 26, 2024.

Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace

By REUTERS
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony to celebrate the International Anti-Corruption Day 2021 at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, December 9, 2021.

Former Brazil military chiefs implicate Bolsonaro in coup conspiracy

By REUTERS
 Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro reacts next to an Israeli flag during a protest where he called his supporters to gather in Paulista Avenue, as police investigate him and his cabinet for allegedly plotting a coup after the 2022 election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024.

Ex-Brazil president seen waving Israeli flag as hundreds of thousands gather in support

 ‘THIS SHIFT will undoubtedly take time.’

Voices from the Arab press: The Gaza war may end with a coup

By THE MEDIA LINE
 (L-R) Benjamin Netanyahu, Isaac Herzog, Yoav Gallant and Herzi Halevi seen in Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's residence in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023

‘Blood could be shed’ over judicial reform, ex-Shin Bet head warns

 Gabonese military appear on television as they announce that they have seized power following President Ali Bongo Ondimba's re-election, in this screengrab obtained by Reuters on August 30, 2023.

Gabon coup: Unrest in Africa's Sahel is becoming more common - analysis

 NIGER’S JUNTA supporters demonstrate in front of a French army base in Niamey, Niger, last week.

Why is the Niger conflict drawing global attention? - opinion

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich and United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni shake hands, as MK Ofir Katz, chairman of the government coalition, looks on at a meeting in the Knesset.

Israeli settlers, ultra-Orthodox will pay for trampling over Israel - opinion

 General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger July 28, 2023.

Niger reopens borders with several neighbors a week after coup

By REUTERS
 Supporters of the coup set fire to ruling party HQ while hundreds of them gather in front of the National Assembly in the capital Niamey, Niger July 27, 2023.

Will the Niger coup bring attention back to the Sahel region? - analysis

Hundreds of supporters of the coup gather and hold a Russian and Nigers flags in front of the National Assembly in the capital Niamey, Niger July 27, 2023.

Niger coup leaders declare general Tiani head of state

By REUTERS
 Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of Russian military blogger Maxim Fomin widely known by the name of Vladlen Tatarsky, who was recently killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2023.

'Exiled' Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services

By REUTERS
 PROTESTING EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of a European Union-African Union summit, in Brussels last year.

'Escape To Aswan': A scathing critique of Egyptian politics - review

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
 Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a televised address in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2023.

Wagner killed Russian pilots in aborted revolt, Vladimir Putin reveals

By REUTERS