Early January is a time when most huddle from the cold, wince at their credit card bills and devise short-lived exercise plans. But for Labour MPs, this month is a time for watching and waiting to see ...

Security forces in Benin are searching for the soldiers who tried to seize power on Sunday morning, with the president saying they have taken an unknown number of hostages. The coup plotters appeared ...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has confirmed deploying fighter jets and ground troops to neighbouring Benin to help foil a coup attempt by a group of Beninese soldiers. In a statement on Sunday, ...

Hamas plotters are spreading their tentacles of terror into Europe, with secret arms dumps and operatives planning attacks even as far as in the United Kingdom. Far ...

Colonel Pascal Tigri, the man believed to be behind the attempted coup in Benin Republic on Sunday, is now on the run. As Tigri remains at large, some other members of his group have been arrested.

Campaigning for Kyrgyzstan’s upcoming election has been tepid, at best. Excitement regarding the polls, scheduled a year early after the parliament voted to dissolve itself in September, has been all ...

(UPDATE) THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday said it is “seriously” looking into the list of personalities allegedly plotting to destabilize the government. In a Facebook post last ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has challenged the Federal Government to be open with Nigerians on reports of an alleged coup attempt in the country. Falana made this call on Wednesday during ...

Kemi Badenoch was lauded for her bold plan to axe stamp duty today as she moved to silence her internal party critics with a rousing speech to close Tory conference. Mrs Badenoch delivered a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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Joe Wright received funding for research on coups from the National Science Foundation and the Minerva Research Initiative. John Joseph Chin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...