Istanbul Ataturk Airport Attack: Deaths Rise to 41, with 239 Hurt BBC News  29 June 2016 Image: BBC News  The death toll in a gun and suicide bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport has risen to 41, 13 of them foreign nationals, with 239 injured, the Turkish city's governor says. Three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance late on Tuesday. They blew themselves up after police fired back. PM Binali Yildirim said

Pope Prays at Armenia Memorial after Denouncing Genocide Tom Kington, Los Angeles Times  25 June 2016  Image: Pope Francis leads an open-air Mass in Vartanants Square in Gyumri, Armenia's second-largest city. (Osservatore Romano) On Saturday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli called the pope’s speech a "great disgrace" that contained  "all the reflexes of the Crusades.” "It is not compatible with reality," he said. "We all know

Israel and Turkey Announce Agreement to Restore Diplomatic Ties J. Dana Stuster, Foreign Policy  27 June 2016  Image: Israel and Turkey Announce Agreement to Restore Diplomatic Ties, Foreign Policy  Israel and Turkey formally announced an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations today. The agreement, which was finalized yesterday and has been hinted at by diplomats for weeks, will renew official diplomatic ties, including the exchange of

Sweden Toughens Rules for Refugees Seeking Asylum Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times  21 June 2016  Image: The Majid family, refugees from Syria, at their home in Backhammar, Sweden, in April. Sweden has introduced tough new restrictions on asylum seekers. Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Sweden, once one of the most welcoming countries for refugees, on Tuesday introduced tough new restrictions on asylum seekers, including rules that would

Jo Cox and Britain’s Place in Europe Roger Cohen, The New York Times  20 June 2016 Image: Retrieved from http://www.scarymommy.com/great-britain-united-kingdom/  In politics, as in life, there is the question of the company you keep. Reasonable people, some friends of mine, make reasonable arguments forBritain to leave the European Union. They say it lacks transparency. They say a union containing an inner club of nations with a common currency,

Doctors Without Borders Says It Won’t Take E.U. Money for Refugees Nick Cumming-Bruce, The New York Times  17 June 2016  Image: A migrant family sat on train tracks outside their tent in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, in March. Tens of thousands of migrants are stranded in such camps in Greece. Eirini Vourloumis for The New York Times GENEVA — Doctors Without Borders, one of Europe’s biggest charities, said Friday that it was turning

Alleged Killer of British MP Was a Longtime Supporter of the Neo-Nazi National Alliance Hatewatch Staff, SPLC Souther Poverty Law Center  20 June 2016  Image: Jo Cox (AP Images/Yui Mok/PA) Jo Cox, a member of the Labour Party in the British Parliament, died Thursday after an attack by a lone man who shot and stabbed her in West Yorkshire following a regular public meeting she held with constituents. Her alleged killer is Thomas Mair, 52. According

They Couldn’t Take Our Faith, Iraqi Christian Persecuted by ISIS Fighters Addresses Scottish Teenagers Kirsteen Paterson, The National  20 June 2016  Image: Bishop John Keenan of Paisley attended the event in which Sarmad Ozan, an Iraqi-born Christian forced to flee, spoke about his ordeal A student forced to flee with nothing as Daesh drove Christians from his Iraqi home town told Scottish teenagers yesterday “faith is all we have left that

Killing Twice for ISIS and Saying So Live on Facebook Alissa J. Rubin and Lilia Blaise, The New York Times  14 June 2016 Image: Police officers at the crime scene a day after a knife-wielding attacker stabbed a police captain in Magnanville, France, on Tuesday. CreditThibault Camus/Associated Press PARIS — He stabbed an off-duty police officer and left him bleeding to death on his own doorstep. He forced his way inside the home and stabbed and

France Braces for Threatened Islamic State Attack on Euro Soccer Tournament James McAuley, The Washington Post 8 June 2016 Image: Soldiers patrol outside a fan zone ahead of the UEFA 2016 European Championship in Nice, France, June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (Eric Gaillard/Reuters) PARIS — As fans await Friday’s kickoff of the 2016 UEFA Euro soccer tournament — among the most anticipated and popular sporting events in Europe — French