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Kenan Gurbuz / Reuters Turkey Dismisses Thousands of Police, Civil Servants, and Academics
The announcement comes ahead of the one-year anniversary of an attempted coup against the Turkish government.
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Amir Cohen / Rueters Seven Are Dead in Separate Attacks in Egypt
Gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint, and a man with a knife killed two people at a resort.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters The Trump Family's Explanations Are Straining Credulity to Its Breaking Point
The story that Donald Trump Jr., his father, and their aides told about a June 9 meeting with a Russian lawyer made little sense—even before the latest revelations.
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Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office / AP Iraq Investigates Videos of Troops Killing Mosul Detainees
Human Rights Watch has been quick to condemn the footage, which is still being authenticated.
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Ivan Sekretarev / AP Gunman Who Killed Boris Nemtsov Receives 20-Year Prison Sentence
Dadayev and his accomplices were sentenced on Thursday—but Nemtsov’s legal team insists the case has yet to be closed.
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Bate Felix Tabi Tabe / Reuters Bombers Strike in Cameroon, Killing 14
Recent months have seen renewed violence from Boko Haram in the Far North region.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The 'America First' President Heads to France
Trump reminisced about the origins of the French American partnership in his visit to Paris.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why Bogus News Stories Are So Hard to Stop
Paul Ryan was accused of imposing new, sexist dress codes in the Speaker’s Lobby. It wasn’t true.
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Yves Herman / Reuters Does the Burqa Have a Future in Europe?
The European Court of Human Rights said banning full or partial face veils is “necessary in a democratic society.”
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Carlos Osorio / AP The Case for Kid Rock
The singer and rapper who once expressed a desire to be a cowboy now just wants to be a senator, baby.
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Will Burgess / Reuters Remembering Liu Xiaobo
The Nobel Prize winner, one of China’s most-prominent dissidents, was 61.
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters The U.K.'s Bill to Withdraw From the EU
The measure is being criticized by opposition lawmakers for what it leaves out.
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Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Disgraced Ex-FIFA Executive Chuck Blazer Dies
His disclosures about corruption inside soccer’s governing body ultimately led to the ouster of Sepp Blatter, the group’s president.
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Felipe Dana / AP Clashes Continue Two Days After Victory Declared in Mosul
Fighting persisted throughout the day on Wednesday as Iraqi forces attempted to secure the city.
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Craig Ruttle / AP ‘Bridgegate’ Mastermind Avoids Prison Sentence
Former Chris Christie ally David Wildstein received three years of probation for his involvement in the scandal.
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Jossy Ola / AP Nigeria Suicide Bombings Kill At Least 17
Four female bombers, likely deployed by Boko Haram, targeted security forces near the city of Maiduguri.
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Brazil's Lula Found Guilty
The former president was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison in a massive corruption scandal.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump's Campaign Succeeded by Breaking All the Rules—and It’s Catching Up to Him Now
Recalling his victory over Hillary Clinton has been the president’s only solace for months, but his personnel and management decisions now threaten to topple his presidency.
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Saudi Press Agency / Reuters Qatar Crisis: No End in Sight
Rex Tillerson, the U.S. secretary of state, was in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to find a possible pathway to a settlement.
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Kirsty Wigglesworth / Reuters An American Racial Slur Crosses the Atlantic
And a British lawmaker, like others before her, says it publicly.
