Americans flee Niger on Italian plane a week after leader detained
The U.S. hasn't called the military takeover in Niger a coup and isn't organizing evacuations, but 21 U.S. nationals have escaped on a European plane.
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French nationals to be evacuated from Niger
France says it is going to evacuate its citizens from Niger beginning Tuesday, according to the country's foreign ministry. This comes after a military junta overthrew Niger's pro-western president during a coup last week. BBC News reporter Chris Ewokor joined CBS News to talk about the situation.
U.S. "monitoring" as Europe starts evacuations from post-coup Niger
NSC spokesman John Kirby said the White House still sees a "window" for diplomacy to resolve the crisis.
Niger leader detained but defiant amid "coup bid" in African nation
The challenge to the democratically elected leader in a "critical" U.S. partner nation is the latest in series of coup attempts in the tumultuous Sahel region.
Niger's president detained by his guards in attempted coup
In an attempted coup, disgruntled members of the elite Presidential Guard sealed off access to Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum's residence and offices in the capital Niamey after talks broke down.
Iran's morality police to resume detaining women not wearing hijab
Iranian police announced a new campaign Sunday in which morality police would resume notifying and then detaining women not wearing the Islamic headscarf in public.
Ukraine security chief claims 14 Russian officers backed Wagner mutiny
Ukraine's national security chief says Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is "owned by" Russian military officers, and "the wheels are in motion for Putin's demise."
Russia tries to move quickly past Wagner chief's weekend "rebellion"
Russian state TV showed the country's minister of defense meeting troops as the Kremlin appeared keen to put a brief "rebellion" quickly behind.
Death toll tops 100 as Sudanese military factions battle for control
Two generals who united to topple the African nation's fledgling civilian government in 2021 are now fighting each other, with civilians caught in the middle.
Silent protest, extended state of emergency mark Myanmar coup anniversary
The state of emergency should have expired and ushered in planning for fresh elections. With violence still raging, neither of those things will happen soon.
QAnon-inspired group accused of plotting violent German coup
Security forces carried out dozens of raids across the country, targeting a group said to have been planning to instal a new regime with a minor royal as its figurehead.
Army officers appear on state TV in Burkina Faso to declare new coup
More than a dozen soldiers have appeared on Burkina Faso's state broadcaster to declare they have overthrown the country's coup leader.
Year after military takeover in Myanmar, hope for democracy clings on
The generals who arrested civilian leaders and quashed huge street protests with deadly force are undoubtedly in control and the fight for freedom is down, but it's not out.
Anti-coup protesters in Sudan met with deadly gunfire
At least 3 protesters were killed as thousands took to the streets to demand a return to civilian rule, and the generals in charge responded with force.
Kazakhstan uprising quashed, Russian troops set to head home
The relatively new leader of the former Soviet Republic appears to have cemented his rule, quickly putting down a challenge from its people, with help from Moscow.
Myanmar junta sentences deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison
Suu Kyi's decades-long push for democracy has made her a Nobel laureate, and a persistent thorn in the side of Myanmar's military overlords. Now she's facing decades in prison.
15 reportedly killed as Sudan military rulers crack down on protests
The deaths, only one of which Sudan's post-coup regime acknowledges, came on the deadliest day since generals toppled the civilian government, and amid increasing outcry from the U.S.
Blinken warns of "democratic recession" as he addresses Africa crises
3-nation visit is part of a long-delayed mission aimed, at part, in answering China's outreach to the continent, but it comes amid war in Ethiopia and a military takeover in Sudan.
U.S. journalist Danny Fenster freed from Myanmar prison, on way home
The American reporter swept up in Myanmar's post-coup unrest was sentenced only days ago to 11 years hard labor, but is now heading for home, U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson says.
Myanmar court sentences U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years
He was convicted of charges including incitement and faces other charges that could bring a life sentence. Fenster is the only foreign journalist convicted of a serious crime since a military coup in May.
Prince Harry "warned" Twitter CEO of "coup" before January 6 attack
The royal, a frequent critic of all media, says he warned Jack Dorsey that his "platform was allowing a coup to be staged" in a January 5 email, and hasn't "heard from him since."
Myanmar junta charges U.S. journalist with terrorism and sedition
The new charges come on top of other accusations Danny Fenster has faced since his arrest in May, during a military coup, and they mean he could now face a life sentence.
WorldView: Protests in Sudan after coup
Demonstrators took to the streets around Sudan's capital city after the country's top general seized power in a military coup. Meanwhile, a U.S. official said a drone attack on a military outpost in Syria where U.S. troops are based is believed to have been carried out by Iran, and a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Western nations appears to have been narrowly averted. Also, Japan's Princess Mako married her commoner boyfriend and forfeited her royal status following unusual scrutiny and criticism of the engagement. CBS News' Haley Ott joins CBSN AM from London with those international stories.
Military detains civilian leaders, declares power in Sudan coup
Sudan has been trying to emerging from years of international pariah status under ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Now the U.S. is telling its army chiefs to "stand down" from a power grab.
Military commanders stage coup in Guinea, detain president
Dramatic setback for Guinea as President Alpha Conde, elected in 2010 in the country's 1st democratic elections, is forcibly removed from power.
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