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The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

Sri Lanka has suffered 'coup without guns', says Speaker Karu...

The entire matter was pre-planned and the events can only be described as a coup, albeit one without the use of tanks...

7 Nov 2018 1:26 PM IST

Turkeys Prime Minister Binali Yildirim

Over 15000 sacked in coup purge

In total, 15,726 people have been dismissed under the latest decrees.

23 Nov 2016 12:53 AM IST

1,699 civil servants were removed from the ministry of justice, plus 838 health officials and hundreds of employees from other ministries. (Photo: AP)

Thousands fired in new wave of Turkey coup purges

More than 100,000 people have already been suspended or sacked so far in a crackdown on alleged coup-plotters.

7 Jan 2017 11:44 AM IST