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The United States' new ambassador to Turkey, Jeffrey Lane Flake, presented his credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Jan. 26.

Flake, a former Republican senator, arrived in Turkey on Jan. 7 , replacing David Satterfield, who will serve as the U.S. special envoy to the Horn of Africa.

Sudanese officials say military forces have detained at least five senior government officials, and the main pro-democracy political group has called on people to take to the streets to oppose an apparent new military coup, according to Britain's The Guardian.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterresis is expected to preside over a key session of the Cyprus conference at the Le Régent Congress Centre in Crans-Montana, Switzerland on June 30, where the answers of the two sides on the island and the three guarantor powers to three questions posed by a senior U.N. executive will be discussed. 

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend Friday's third day of the UN-backed Cyprus talks in Switzerland, which, according to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias Thursday, had so far not broken any ground with regard to the pivotal and thorny issue of security.

The Turkish people and political parties who defied the July 15 coup attempt set "an example to people around the world, striving for freedom to live in peace and dignity," according to the United Nations' undersecretary-general.

The United Nations called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 24 to translate into action his commitment to a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, including halting settlement construction.