Putin says he doesn't know who hacked U.S. Democratic Party: Bloomberg

Turkey removes more than 10,000 security personnel, academics in purge


ANKARA Turkish authorities have suspended about 8,000 security personnel and more than 2,000 academics, adding to a purge of people suspected of having links to perpetrators of a failed coup, the Official Gazette said on Friday.




Sturgeon announces new Scottish independence drive after 'seismic' Brexit


EDINBURGH Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, launches a new independence drive on Friday, asking supporters to engage in the country's "biggest ever political listening exercise" so she can gauge support for a fresh referendum.




Turkey has cleared Islamic State, Kurdish force from area of north Syria: president


ANKARA Turkey has swept Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG militia from an area of northern Syria, but Syrian Kurdish forces have still not met a Turkish demand to withdraw to the east of the Euphrates river, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.