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Turkish soldiers surrender their weapons to policemen during the attempted coup in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkey Dismisses more Civil Servants amid Intelligence Gulen could Flee U.S.

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey widened on Thursday the purge of public sector employees by dismissing 88 foreign ministry personnel amid fears that Fethullah Gulen, who has been accused of orchestrating the failed July 15-16 coup attempt, could flee his residence in the United States....

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Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce Reuters / Russell …

Allardyce’s England: No Grandstanding, No Posturing but a Hint of Mischief

by Jacob Steinberg | Jul 28, 2016 | Sports

The fanfare was conspicuous only by its absence. There was no grandstanding, no hubristic posturing, no overblown roars about football coming home. With the shambolic defeat to Iceland still alive in the memory, how could there be? Almost a month since England...

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Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed. (UN Photo/Elma Ocik)

Yemen Peace Talks in Kuwait Extended for another Week

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Negotiations on a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Yemen, currently underway in Kuwait, will be extended for another week. Well-informed sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed would resume the...

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David Moyes has made his first public appearance as Manchester United manager. REUTERS/Phil

David Moyes, Sunderland Look the Right Fit for Premier League Stability

by Andy Hunter | Jul 28, 2016 | Sports

London- Sunderland might well be furious with the Football Association for poaching Sam Allardyce, fearful of upheaval close to a Premier League season and dreading another round of instability with a seventh manager in five years. But, in David Moyes and in time,...

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One of the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece is escorted to the courthouse July 21, 2016. Reuters

Turkish Defectors in Greece Win Asylum Case Delay

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Athens-Greek authorities have postponed hearings for eight Turkish soldiers who sought asylum after they fled Turkey following the abortive coup attempt to better prepare themselves for the interviews, their lawyer announced on Wednesday. Attorney Vassilis Terzidis...