With a crash of cymbals from a navy band, the Turkish military this week sent off a frigate to a counterpiracy mission off Somalia — far from the rough seas shaking the armed forces at home. In contrast to the praise it's winning in missions overseas ...

Bangladesh executed five former military officers Thursday for their role in the 1975 massacre of the country's independence leader and several of his relatives and aides at a Dhaka home during a coup, authorities said. The five men, who were all at least in their 60s ...

Five former soldiers convicted in the 1975 killing of Bangladesh's independence leader in a military coup will be executed this month, the country's law minister said Wednesday. In November, a five-member Supreme Court jury dismissed the men's appeal to commute their sentence. The same ...