The militants next door: Tunisia sees its sons join the Islamic State in neighboring Libya — and then return to attack SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN, The Washington Post  14 May 2016 Image: Young men hang out in a cafe in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia. A lack of jobs in the city means many are vulnerable to Islamic State recruiters. (PHOTOS BY LORENZO TUGNOLI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST ) ben guerdane, tunisia — The families arrived at the cemetery in the night carrying

Image: A Gathering of Bloggers – The Why About This, One United World. retrieved from www.thewhyaboutthis.com Burma/Myanmar: The first bill proposed by the incoming government of Myanmar’s new Parliament, led by the National League for Democracy, created a new position in the government for Aung San Suu Kyi, that of state counsellor. This position, one that has been compared to that of a Prime Minister, would skirt the constitutional ban

Image: Cultural Responses to Pain. How Is Suffering Expressed Around the World? Burma/Myanmar: The outgoing government of Myanmar lifted a curfew in Rakhine State this week, imposed in June 2012 after clashes that displaced over 140,000, mostly Rohingya.   U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy was sworn in on Wednesday as the new president of Myanmar. In his speech, Mr. Htin Kyaw urged “patience in the pursuit of democracy”,

Europe Seeks U.N. Blessing to Use Military to Halt Smugglers at Sea Somini Sengupta, New York Times 10 September, 2015   Image: Hellenic American Leadership Council   UNITED NATIONS — European countries are pushing for a United Nations Security Council resolution to allow their military forces to apprehend human-smuggling vessels in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, diplomats here said. The draft resolution, which is

Hundreds of Migrants Rescued After Boat Capsizes Off Libya Gaia Pianigiani, The New York Times 05 Aug 2015   Image: Migrants make the dangerous journey between Africa and Europe(Reuters) - International Business Times     ROME — An overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants to Europe capsized on Wednesday, apparently after being approached by a rescue vessel a few miles off the coast of Libya. Rescuers saved 400 people, though 25

U.S. Airstrike in Libya Targets Planner of 2013 Algeria Attack Eric Schmitt, New York Times 15 June 2015 Image: An undated image of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian militant leader reported to have been killed in an American airstrike.Creditvia Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States carried out an airstrike in Libya early Sunday against the mastermind of the 2013 terrorist seizure of an Algerian gas plant that left

  The Middle East Daily: a news brief from the Middle East ChannelForeign Policy 08 June 2015   Erdogan Loses Majority in Turkish Election Turkey’s dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its parliamentary majority in elections yesterday. Though it retains a plurality of seats after receiving 41 percent of the vote, the election marked its worst showing since 2002. Analysts say it may struggle to form a coalition government -- already,

'Genocide' charged as boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Ashley Fantz, Josh Levs, and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN 19 April 2015 (CNN)As a boat packed with hundreds of migrants capsized in Mediterranean waters, many were trapped inside behind locked doors. That's the account one survivor of the deadly shipwreck gave to investigators, according to a statement released Sunday by prosecutors in Catania, Italy. The Bangladeshi migrant's description provides

Mediterranean migrant deaths in 2015 may hit 30,000: IOM BBC News Europe 21 April 2015 The number of migrants dying in Mediterranean Sea crossings could hit 30,000 this year if the current rate continues, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says. The deaths in 2015 so far are 30 times higher than the same period last year. The UN believes the sinking of one boat at the weekend claimed over 800 lives, making it the deadliest recorded.

Israel sees migrant tragedy as validating policy of keeping them away Reuters 20 April 2015   (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday the drowning of hundreds of Africans off Libya's coast was tragic but validated its own policy of having buffered its land barriers with Africa to keep migrants away. Yisrael Katz, transport minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's outgoing cabinet, called the deaths in the Mediterranean a "tragedy that shocks