Turkey coup: Disturbing picture shows soldiers 'bound naked' as Turkish President is warned over 'purges'

These soldiers were stripped of their uniforms and made to lie next to each other after being arrested

This disturbing picture shows dozens of Turkish soldiers bound together after being stripped of their uniforms following their arrest.

Dozens of soldiers lie naked and handcuffed after being arrested following Friday night's coup attempt in Turkey.

The picture shows how the soldiers were stripped after being arrested in Sirnak, eastern Turkey.

They were then made to lie next to each other. It comes after a Turkish soldier was reportedly beheaded on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge by a pro-government mob yesterday.

Nelly Furtado’s New Album Due Out November

Nelly Furtado’s sixth album — and first full-length in four years — will soon arrive. She tells The Times Colonistthat her follow-up to 2012’s The Spirit Indestructible this November.

The new album will be of songs Nelly wrote on the guitar, as she did with her 2000 debut Whoa, Nelly!, making The Spirit Indestructible her “final pop album.” (Translation: Don’t expect another Loose, either.)

“It’s like when you squeeze a lemon, and you really want to get out that last bit of juice,” Nelly said of the approach to her latest material. “I have shed another layer of skin.”

One song featured on Nelly’s new album is called “Phoenix,” a title she also borrowed for her July 25 concert with the Victoria Symphony benefitting Syrian refugees. “Behind Your Back,” released July 13, won’t be included. “It’s a palette cleanse…an appetizer,” she says.

Justin Bieber To Fan Throwing Gift Onstage: “I Don’t Want That Shit”

Justin Bieber had choice words for a fan during one ofhis recent concerts.

During his July 15 show in Atlantic City, someone threw him a gift onto the stage, which Justin tossed back. He wasn’t having it, not during his on-stage banter.

“Take this moment to listen. And try not to give me a hat or whatever you’re trying to throw onto the stage right now, because I probably don’t want that shit,” Justin said. The crowd cheered — never mind whoever tried to give him a present. “Sorry, that was mean.”

Justin didn’t want to be interrupted was because he wanted to stress that “we all have a purpose.” Read: he wanted to segue into the title track of his new album Purpose, which we’re sure he’s done before. “Sorry for throwing your hat,” Justin continued, “but you ruined the moment.” 

Killer brother's chilling confession why he strangled feminist model sister for racy social media selfies

An evil brother who strangled his social media queen sister to death has explained why he killed her in cold blood.

The murder of Qandeel Baloch, a 26-year-old Instagram model and women's rights activist, sent shockwaves through Pakistan yesterday.

In Facebook posts, Baloch spoke of trying to change "the typical orthodox mindset" of people in the conservative country.

She faced frequent misogynist abuse and death threats but continued to post provocative pictures and videos.

Instagram/qandeelbalochofficial

Samuel Eto'o cancels charity match following coup attempt in Turkey + photos of the players there

A lot of playing and retired footballers are currently in Antalya, Turkey. Most arrived yesterday and were scheduled to leave tomorrow after playing in Eto'o's charity match scheduled to take place today July 16th in celebration of the 10th anniversary of his foundation. Unfortunately, you all know what happened in the country last night; a coup attempt that resulted in the death of over 90 people...

The dinner night held last night, but the charity football match scheduled for today has been cancelled. Some guests are even stranded in Turkey following the lockdown of their major airports.

Hazard Eden, Puyol, Michael Essien, Kolo Toure, Kanu Nwankwo, JJ Okocha, AY Comedian, Paw Paw and many others are currently in Turkey. Eto'o spent millions on first class tickets and five star hotels for his guests...unfortunately all wasted.

Why Turkish soldiers staged a coup — and ultimately failed

An anti-military protester blocks a Turkish military tank outside of Ataturk airport in Istanbul.

An anti-military protester blocks a Turkish military tank outside of Ataturk airport in Istanbul.

An attempted military coup by a faction within the Turkish armed forces calling itself the"Peace at Home Council" was stifled in less than 24 hours after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on his supporters to take to the streets and repel the uprising.

Earlier Friday night, the soldiers stormed Turkey's state-run broadcaster and said they had seized power, taken over the government, and declared martial law. They deployed forces onto the streets of Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey's largest city and capital, respectively, and closed two major bridges leading into Istanbul.

At least256 people were killed in the clashes, according to Turkey's prime minister. But the uprising itself was repelled rather quickly. Many soldiers were either arrested, had been brutally beaten by protesters, or surrendered by early Saturday morning, allowing the Turkish government to regain almost complete control within 24 hours.

"I predicted this would fail from early on, because all of Turkey's opposition parties came out against the coup from the beginning," Aykan Erdemir, a former member of Turkish parliament and senior fellow at the Washington, DC-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Business Insider on Saturday.

Turkey has seen several military coups over the last 50 years, but this latest attempt is different

Turkish military block access to the Bosporus bridge, which links the city's European and Asian sides, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Turkish military apparently staged a coup on Friday night, deploying military into the streets of Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey's largest city and capital, respectively.

"Turkish Armed Forces have completely taken over the administration of the country to reinstate constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law, and the general security that was damaged," a statement, published by a group calling itself the "Peace at Home Council" on TRT, Turkey's state-run broadcaster, read.

But Turkish citizens began flooding the streets in support of President Tayyip Recep Erdogan after he called for citizens to gather and repel the coup.

The military in Turkey has forced out four civilian governments since 1960.

Here's a brief outline, with information collected from Wikipedia, Al Jazeera,Foreign Affairs, and The Wall Street Journal:

India's 'gold man' beaten to death at a birthday party

An Indian businessman, Datta Phuge  who made headlines in 2013 for buying one of the world's most expensive shirts, a customised gold shirt worth 12.7 million rupees, around $240,000 dollars at the time, which was made entirely of gold has been beaten to death in western India, according to a report Friday.

90 people dead, 1154 injured and 1563 soldiers arrested during the failed military coup attempt in Turkey

At least 90 people were killed during overnight clashes in capital Ankara following an attempted coup in Turkey. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said a new acting army chief of staff has been appointed after an attempted coup to topple the democratically elected government.

Turkish President Erdorgan has urged supporters to remain in public squares until situation returns to normal and has informed them that his govt. is still in charge.

He added that there is still a small disturbance in Ankara, hopefully it will be overcome soon, says Erdogan.

Defiant Turkish civilians were captured climbing on to tanks and yanking soldiers from their vehicles during the failed coup attempt by the nation's armed forces.

Stephen King shades the heck out of Donald Trump: "an idiot who can't find his own ass with both hands and a flashlight"

Bestselling international author, Stephen King has described U.S Presidential Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump as "an idiot who can't find his own ass with both hands and a flashlight" He stated this in a tweet posted yesterday.

It wasn't the first time the author has made his dislike for the business mogul known. In an interview with Rolling Stone last month, he said: 

"I think that he's sort of the last stand of the sort of American male who feels like women have gotten out of their place and they're letting in all these people that have the wrong skin colours. Trump is extremely popular because people would like to have a world where you just didn't question that the white American was at the top of the pecking order"

On Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, King said:

"Of all the candidates who ran this year, the only one remotely qualified to do the job is Hillary Clinton. There's a lot of prejudice against her, just because she's a woman. Having been raised by a woman and lived in a family where my wife has, like, six sisters, I hate that."

Gun and truck attack leaves 84 dead in Nice: Men, women and kids strewn across road after lorry speeds for a MILE through holiday crowd watching fireworks, before gunman opens fire

A terrorist gunman has killed 84 people and seriously injured 50 more after he used a 25-tonne lorry to go on a mile-long killing spree by mounting pavements at high speed and ploughing through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice last night.

The killer, a 31-year-old French Tunisian who was known to police, then got out and sprayed fleeing revellers with bullets before being shot dead by police. 

The truck driver was said to have shouted 'Allahu Akbar' – God is greatest – before being killed. Pro-ISIS groups have been celebrating the attack, orchestrated to coincide with France's most important national holiday. 

One eyewitness described seeing 'bodies flying like bowling pins' and others 'jammed' under its wheels as the horror unfolded.

Other brave victims were seen clinging to the doors of the lorry to try to stop the terrorist before being thrown under its wheels on the packed streets at around 10.30pm local time last night. Dead bodies remain strewn across the Promenade de Anglais today.

Some of the victims were children, with one young girl lying dead covered in a blanket with her pink toy doll lying on the floor next to her.

Identity documents belonging to the gunman, more guns and grenades were later found in the bullet-riddled truck after the gunman at the wheel was shot dead by police marksmen, security sources said.

The gunman is believed to be from Nice and was known to police for crimes of theft and violence, but not intelligence services, a police source said. A suspected accomplice is on the run. 

A huge cache of guns, grenades and 'larger weapons' were later found inside the lorry, which mounted the pavement at approximately 40mph and steered directly towards hundreds of people watching a fireworks display.

French President Francois Hollande today pledged to 'hit' ISIS in Syria and Iraq 'even harder' after the devastating attack, saying: 'France is in tears, it is hurting but it is strong and she will be stronger - always stronger than the fanatics who wish to hurt us.' 

Here's the Definitive, Science-Approved List of the Most Difficult Sex Acts in Music

It's time to call bullshit. 

Yes, music is full of sexually suggestive missives, coy repartee and downright lascivious references. But when you dig through the annals of musical sexuality, most of the acts suggested are exceptionally vanilla. Even some of the steamiest songs of the last couple years feature moves that just aren't logistically complicated.

The most X-rated part of Trey Songz' "Slow Motion" is the line "put this tongue on you." Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love": bathtub sex. Even Ariana Grande's "Dangerous Woman," with its potential as an ode to the taboo act of pegging, is logistically pretty tame. (Hey, with the right tools, most anyone can peg.)

It's the physically demanding and complex moves that deserve attention. They require strength, ingenuity and, occasionally, aliens. 

So here are some explicit lyrics ranked by difficulty and impossibility. All you have to do is interpret lines like "How I make a Sprite can disappear in my mouth" 100% literally.

#ObamaJAMA: Obama Just Became the First Sitting President to Publish an Academic Paper

Barack Obama just became the first sitting president to publish a scholarly article.

The article, titled "United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps," with "Barack Obama, JD" listed as the author, was published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (known as JAMA) on July 11. 

It's a pretty badass move for a president, and he got a lot of love on Twitter with the hashtag #ObamaJAMA. 

Chaos hits the Tour de France as race leader Chris Froome has to run up the epic Mont Ventoux climb after crashing into a motorcycle and breaking his bike

Tour de France race leader Chris Froome sprinting in desperation up Mont Ventoux on stage 12 after an incident with a motorcycle left him without a bike to ride. Stephane Mantey/AP

In a wild sight on Thursday at the Tour de France, race leader Chris Froome had to run up the storied Mont Ventoux climb after an incident with a motorcycle left him without a bike.

It immediately put his race lead in jeopardy.

The crash, which involved an official race motorcycle, left riders hitting the ground and Froome desperately sprinting up the road to save his yellow jersey.

Reports said the motorbike had to stop suddenly after being slowed by spectators crowding the road. Right after, the riders coming up behind the motorbike — led by Aussie rider Richie Porte — rammed into the back of it and went down. It was a mad scene:

Ubi Franklin clarifies controversy about Iyanya's exit from his record label

So after Iyanya announced that he was going to start his own record label, rumours were rife that he had a fight with Ubi Franklin and his wife Lillian Esoro. Early this morning, Iyanya denied any fight with either of them, adding that he loved the couple. Then Ubi Franklin took to his IG page to clarify the whole situation. He posted the photo above and wrote:

Recently there’s been a lot said in the media about Iyanya leaving Made Men Music, I’d like to clarify things.

Iyanya had approached me about a year ago and notified me of his intentions to start up a label. He wanted my blessings to do so and I told him it was a welcome development. I assured him of my support to help structure his planned label with the existing company (Made Men Music Group) whenever he was ready and the process was initiated.

Two weeks ago he shared with me, news that the company had been duly registered and was ready to commence operations. I was also privy to the information that he had identified a few artistes with potential he wants to nurture. This done, I knew the label was ready to kick off.