ISTANBUL, Turkey America’s highest-ranking military officer sought on Monday to soothe strained ties with NATO ally Turkey, which was angered by the West’s response to a failed military coup and by an apparent U.S. reluctance to hand over the cleric it says was responsible. The fallout from the abortive coup on July 15, in which more than 230 people were killed as mutinous soldiers commandeered fighter jets, helicopters and tanks in... 

Donald Trump re-emphasized the hardline nationalist approach that he has taken during his campaign. CLEVELAND, UNITED STATES: Donald Trump has raised new questions about his commitment to the defence of NATO allies on the eve of his acceptance of the Republican presidential nomination, The New York Times reported. In an interview with the newspaper on Wednesday, Trump also expressed little willingness to speak out against purges or civil rights crackdowns... 

Washington: Donald Trump has slammed Hillary Clinton for talking about the email controversy surrounding her US presidential bid when five police officers were killed in a shootout by at least one sniper in Dallas, saying she was answering “softball questions” on a day of national tragedy. A file photo of Donald Trump. Clinton on Friday appeared on three American networks and answered questions related to her use of a private email account... 

WARSAW: US President Barack Obama on today denounced the “despicable” attacks in Dallas in which snipers shot dead five police officers during a protest against police shootings of black men. “We still don’t know all the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement,” Obama told a press conference at a NATO summit in Warsaw. US President Barack Obama speaks... 

NATO chief ‘strongly condemns’ North Korea missile launch. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg condemned on Wednesday North Korea’s launch of what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile fired towards Japan, and to stop more “provocative actions.” “I strongly condemn the launch by North Korea of two ballistic missiles,” Stoltenberg said in a statement. “These repeated provocative actions … undermine international security...