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Brazilian police called Wednesday for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo to be charged with obstruction of justice for attempting to interfere with the ex-leader's trial over plotting ...

President Ibrahim Traoré is reshaping Burkina Faso. But critics say he’s used Russian disinformation and repression to ...

After the failed 15 May 1979 mutiny, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings’ fiery words in court wrote his destiny as Ghana’s ...

On Sept. 11, 1973, a military junta seized power in Chile. A month later, WNET/Channel 13 was promoting what it billed as “American television’s first in-depth profile” of the coup. The one-hour ...

Spurs appeared well on course to bring the 27-year-old Crystal Palace attacking midfielder to their corner of north London.

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Seventy-two years ago on Aug. 19, 1953, the United States and Britain plotted a coup against the democratically elected ...

With large parts of the country under opposition control amid an ongoing civil war, analysts warn that election logistics could prove challenging.

When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.

When President Leon Mba of Gabon was toppled by the military in 1964, then-French President Charles de Gaulle sprang into action and immediately sent French troops to restore Mba to power.

A coup is shorthand for "coup d’etat," a French term that means the overthrow of the government. The key element of a coup is that it is carried out beyond the bounds of legality.