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With its secretive dynastic dictators and its nuclear-armed military, North Korea produces its fair share of intrigue even without the help of Chinese social media. But in recent days, netizens in China added their own plot twist, posting rumors about a military coup that upended young leader Kim Jong Eun.

Soldiers firing automatic weapons and concussion grenades rescue President Rafael Correa from a hospital where he was trapped for more than 12 hours by police rebelling over benefit cuts.

Leaders of Niger's military coup promise a "return to constitutional order", three days after overthrowing the president.

An "ongoing attempted coup d'état" was taking place Thursday in the Republic of Niger, according to the Niger Embassy in London, England.

As a new president takes office, toppled leader Manuel Zelaya will leave Honduras on Wednesday for exile after pressure by the United States and Latin American countries failed to reverse a coup that ousted him last June.

Hondurans are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, hoping to unlock a political paralysis five months after a coup that ousted the last one.

The country's de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, forms a new government without the ousted president.

Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal that he believes will return him to power four months after a coup shook faith in Latin America's young democracies....

Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya tells the BBC why the latest talks with the interim government broke down.

Negotiators on Wednesday reached a deal that may resolve a crisis in Honduras sparked by a coup three months ago, but the agreement needs to be approved by ousted President Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti, Zelaya's lead negotiator, Victor Meza, told reporters.