Coup

Detained Myanmar leader met by Red Cross for first contact since ousting of gov't in coup

The Nobel Prize winner has been in detention since February 2021, when Myanmar's military ousted an elected civilian government led by her in a dawn coup.

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Myanmar's Resident Representative and Head of Delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Arnaude de Baecque, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar August 3, 2026.
Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi speaks to the press as he takes part in a roundtable discussion regarding the situation in Iran at the Dutch parliament in The Hague on July 6, 2026; illustrative.

Pahlavi remains Iran’s main opposition figure, lack of US backing causing failure at regime change

Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) patrol on a vehicle, next to an area destroyed by Myanmar's airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024.

Myanmar detains US businessman who wrote about military coup, sources say

A Turkish police officer and armored vehicle outside Istanbul Courthouse, March 26, 2019; illustrative.

Turkey detains 88 in nationwide raids over alleged links to group accused of 2016 coup attempt


Ukraine will defend against whoever leads Russian army - Zelensky

Ukrainian President Zelensky responded to the conflict between Russia and Wagner, stating that Ukraine could defend itself and Europe from Russian forces, regardless of who leads them.

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky standing among Ukrainian soldiers

Ukrainian forces advance after Wagner boss Prigozhin stops revolt

Ukraine advances forces near Bakhmut • Ukrainian officials say "chaos in Russia" works to their advantage

Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group stand on a tank outside a local circus near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023

Parashat Korah: To serve with integrity

Korah seeks to seemingly democratize the nation by decrying Moses’s elitism and creates division by offering egalitarianism, but Moses sees what he's really after: Unbridled power.

 WHAT IS Korah after? Unbridled power cloaked in the religious language of holiness (Illustrative).

Jerusalem's political drama: A mayor's longtime rivalry with an activist

The two have been enemies for close to a decade and the current chapter in the rivalry between Moshe Lion and Yossi Saidov comes following a blatant coup in Gonen.

 YOSSI SAIDOV: Determined activist.

PA fears Hamas planning West Bank ‘coup’

The warning came amid an increase in Hamas terror activities in the West Bank and ongoing incitement by the Islamist group against the PA.

 Members of Qassam Brigades choir attend a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the Hamas movement's founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2022.

Was there a coup in Egypt during the biblical Exodus?

Pharaoh dying in the firstborn plague would lead to the immediate crowing that night of a new Pharaoh. This is further supported by the word “rose”: “And Pharaoh rose up in the night.”

 MODERN-DAY ‘coup’: Egyptian pro-democracy supporters gather in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in 2011, during the Arab Spring.

Turkish interior minister accuses West of election coup attempt

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu claims the West, particularly the US, is using the tightly contested May elections to stage a political coup.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting in Ankara, last month.

Israel's electoral system prevents accountable governance - opinion

In the system of democracy currently in place in Israel, Knesset members represent the public. This is indisputable. However, the ties between the public and its representatives are very weak.

Israel heads to another round of elections on November 1.

Sudan military rivals fight for power, 56 civilians killed

The military and RSF, which numbers some 100,000 members, have been competing for power as political factions negotiate forming a transitional government.

 Heavy smoke bellows above buildings in the vicinity of the Khartoum's airport on April 15, 2023, amid clashes in the Sudanese capital. - Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital on April 15, 2023.

World calls for quick ceasefire in Sudan

Sudan's main paramilitary group said it had seized the presidential palace, the army chief's residence and Khartoum international airport on Saturday in an apparent coup attempt.

 Smoke rises in Omdurman, near Halfaya Bridge, during clashes between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army as seen from Khartoum North, Sudan April 15, 2023.