What You Need To Know This Morning: Wednesday May 11

Five Pacific islands disappear as sea levels rise

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Erdoğan seeks injunction against German media chief who laughed at poem

Axel Springer boss Mathias Döpfner in hot water after saying he laughed out loud at ditty mocking Turkish president

Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks the impossible A sense of humor and of reality

Indian village elders have teen whipped after she was raped by her father

Before she died, Anusuya Chavan’s existence had been as precarious as the tightrope she walked in her husband’s acrobatic shows

Her crime? Keeping secret that her father raped her

Kidnapping for ransom: Professionals, amateurs and con men

Mohammad Faisal Ali | Nasir Jamal

Kidnapping for profit and revenge Or to help fund your local terrorist band

Israel jails Palestinian beautician over Facebook post

Family "shocked and furious" after Facebook post leads to 45-day imprisonment for Majd Atwan.

The Obama administration is honoring Henry Kissinger today. It shouldn’t be.

Updated by Zack Beauchamp 

The only honor Henry Kissinger should be receiving is a war crimes trial in the Hague