Iraq: Baghdad bombings kill more than 200
Anger grows as Baghdad residents accuse Iraqi government of failing to protect them after ISIL attack kills over 200.
Anger is growing in Baghdad over the government's failure to protect civilians, after a devastating bombing in a crowded commercial area in the Iraqi capital killed more than 200 people, including many children.
The powerful explosion early on Sunday came near the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when the streets were filled with young people and families out after sunset.
The death toll from the blast in Karada, a predominantly Shia neighbourhood in central Baghdad, rose to over 200 on Monday morning, as the bodies of more victims were pulled from the rubble.
China to ban news websites from using stories gleaned from social media
Beijing’s internet regulator says online media cannot report any news taken from social media sites without approval
China’s internet regulator will launch a crackdown on the reporting of news gathered from social media, as part of what the government calls a campaign against fake news and the spreading of rumours.
In a statement late on Sunday, the Cyberspace Administration of China said that online media cannot report any news taken from social media sites without approval.
“It is forbidden to use hearsay to create news or use conjecture and imagination to distort the facts,” it said.
Isis's most deadly attack in weeks is the one the world probably cares about least
Car bombings in Baghdad conjure up no hashtags, no Facebook profile pictures with the Iraqi flag, and no Western newspaper front pages of victims' names and life stories
First, they came for Istanbul. On Tuesday night, three suspected Isis militants launched a brazen assault on Turkey's main airport, exploding their suicide vests after gunning down numerous passengers and airport staff.
At least 45 people were killed. The world panicked; Istanbul Ataturk Airport is one of the busiest hubs in Europe and the Middle East, and it is among the most fortified. Are our airports safe, wondered American TV anchors. Could this happen here on the Fourth of July?
Balkan people smugglers targeted in police dragnet
Hundreds of migrants found as people smugglers profit from tighter borders
Recent police operations across central Europe and the Balkans have found hundreds of smuggled migrants and refugees and resulted in the arrest of dozens of people smugglers who sought to profit from tighter border controls.
On Saturday, Greek police announced the arrest of five smugglers as they were ushering 87 Syrian asylum seekers, including 46 children, on to a bus in Thessaloniki.
Police said the smugglers – three Syrians, one Greek and one Iraqi – planned to transport the refugees across the Greek border into Albania, along a route that has become more popular since security on other regional frontiers was tightened in March.
Israel razes homes of two knife attackers
Israeli troops have clashed with protesters while destroying the family homes of two Palestinians in Qalandiya refugee camp. During the demolition, the soldiers opened fire and wounded four Palestinian youths.
Israeli forces have razed houses of two Palestinians responsible for an earlier knife attack in Jerusalem, officials said on Monday.
The two attackers killed one person and wounded another in December, before they were killed themselves by Israeli guards. The guards also shot down one Israeli civilian by mistake.
The military routinely demolishes Palestinian homes after such attacks, saying it is a means of deterring further violence. However, activists describe the measure as collective punishment, with families forced to suffer over their relatives' transgressions.
Diplomatic incident as UAE man mistaken for terrorist in Ohio
July 4, 2016 - 4:53PM
Zaid Sabah
The handcuffing of a traditionally dressed citizen of the United Arab Emirates, mistaken for a terrorist in Ohio last week, has spurred the UAE's government to take the unusual steps of summoning a US diplomat for a meeting and advising its citizens not to wear "formal clothing" while travelling abroad.
Harassment against Muslims in the US has increased since presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in December for a ban on Muslim immigration. Deadly attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Florida, and killings from Paris and Brussels to Bangladesh and Turkey tied to sympathisers of Islamic State have added to tensions.
The Ohio incident occurred on June 29, when the sister of a woman working as a hotel clerk in the Cleveland suburb of Avon called police to report that a man at the hotel in "full head dress" had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, according to WEWS, a local ABC affiliate.
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