Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes on Wednesday that would give him scope to extend his grip on power after leaving the presidency, and picked a new prime minister after Dmitry Medvedev and his cabinet stepped down.
The United States President Donald Trump has denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a "coup," as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation.
Turkish police launched raids on Tuesday seeking to arrest more than 240 military personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt
Ethiopia has released a recording of the state militia commander it says led a failed coup attempt last week in which dozens of people, including five top officials, were killed.
"Asaminew Tsige, who has been in hiding since the failed coup attempt over the weekend has been shot dead" in the regional capital Bahir Dar, state broadcaster EBC reported