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Turkey is important in the Middle East because of its geographic position, straddling Europe and Asia; and because the Islamist President Erdogan and his AK party have taken a strong interest in the Sunni Muslim-led governments in the region. (Photo by Moyan Brenn) Photo used under CC BY

Why Turkish stability matters to the world

It is not clear what motivated the coup plotters, but they tried to seize control at a time when Turkey is divided over the president’s transformational project and the war in Syria.

BBC

The shifting profile of Islamist attackers

As authorities investigate the motives for a mass killing claimed by Islamic State in Nice, analysts say the case appears to highlight a shift in the profile of those launching attacks in the name of hardline Islamist groups.

Reuters

Mexico slashes poverty – by changing formula

Mexico’s impoverished were up to 34 percent richer in 2015. But the change owes less to a sudden increase in actual wealth for the country’s poor than to changes in the methodology for measuring earnings.

Guardian

Ripped by terror, Nigeria on the brink of famine

Nigeria is just a step away from famine on a scale not seen for decades, according to the UN. Hundreds are dying every day from hunger in a food crisis caused by seven years of brutal Boko Haram insurgency.

Guardian

UN accused of failing to avert humanitarian crisis

Guardian

Thousands converge at AIDS conference

More than 18,000 delegates from around the world have descended on South Africa to attend the 21st International Aids conference and discuss the global HIV response.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

AIDS conference will showcase scientific breakthroughs

International Business Times

A call for transparency on aid effectiveness

The International Aid Transparency Initiative, a global campaign that registers development aid data from many international donors, aims to increase the transparency of how development money is spent.

EurActiv.com

Anti-Trump ruckus stirs up GOP convention

A chaotic opening set the scene of the Republican National Convention as delegates opposed to Donald Trump and strong-armed pressure from the Republican National Committee erupted in protests on the floor of the convention.

NBCNews.com

Checking claims about Clinton, Benghazi

PolitiFact

HUMAN RIGHTS

Outspoken Pakistani women subject to abuse

The apparent “honor killing” of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has renewed debate over women’s rights in the country, including the freedom to speak out online.

BBC

‘Honor killing’ another name for murder

CNN

Zambia urged to let opposition paper reopen

Delegates from the International Press Institute and the African Media Initiative call on Zambian authorities to allow opposition daily The Post to reopen immediately, noting the apparent politically motivated attempt to silence it.

International Press Institute

Two top Zambian newspaper editors arrested

YouTube

Vietnam detains China protesters

About 20 Vietnamese demonstrators were detained while protesting China’s rejection of an international court decision that denied its vast claims in the South China Sea.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Congress opens ‘28 pages’ on Saudi, 9/11 links

Congress has released the “28 pages,” a previously classified document that examined possible connections between the Saudi government and the Sept. 11 hijackers.

NPR

Morocco seeks to rejoin African Union

Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Western Sahara.

BBC

The long road for rising democracies

Rising democracies have given only partial and sporadic attention to issues of democracy support. Yet it would be a mistake to conclude that these countries have no real interest in trying to foster democracy in their neighborhoods or more widely.

Carnegie Endowment

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Ban calls for sustainable investments

At a UN intergovernmental forum opening in Kenya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged participants to focus on strong collaboration in order to pursue sustainable development targets.

United Nations

Why coworking may be the future of work

At Menlo Innovations, a software development firm in Michigan, programmers work in rotating pairs, and the company’s social structure is designed to help employees collaborate. That increasingly popular approach seems to have a strong basis in the psychology of performance.

Fast Company

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists create vast 3-D map of universe

To better understand the forces of dark matter and energy – and our expanding universe – scientists have created a 3-D map that spans 1.2 million galaxies.

Christian Science Monitor

Struggling families crave stability, study shows

Over a third of families (more than 2 million households) in the UK are earning below the minimum income needed for an acceptable living standard. This is among the key findings of a unique study into the life of families unable to afford a minimum household budget.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

GM mosquitoes reducing dengue, maker says

Genetically modified mosquitoes can put a dent in dengue cases. The first evidence of the health effects of releasing the insects into the real world comes from a year’s worth of disease data from Brazil, says biotech company Oxitec, the mosquitoes’ engineer.

ScienceNews

Gates backs GM mosquitoes against malaria

The Verge

Chinese firms buying up global health assets

China’s health-care companies are on an acquisition tear, attempting to buy their way into international markets like never before.

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

3-D printed prosthesis lets girl play music

Born without her right hand, Cassie Stewart was unable to play certain instruments like her peers. Now she doesn’t have to worry, thanks to an invention by a high school student.

NBCNews.com

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Speech therapy project among top 500 NGOs

The Cambodia Project, a locally based initiative aiming to provide speech therapy to those with speaking and swallowing disorders, was ranked among the top 500 NGOs in the world according to NGO Advisor.

Khmer Times

UN’s Ban troubled by Israel’s new NGO law

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was deeply concerned by Israel’s passage of the NGO Transparency Law, which states that any nonprofit that receives more than half of its funding from a foreign political entity must state so in publications and correspondence.

Jerusalem Post

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Adaptive programming improves aid outcomes

By adopting strategies that allow for more flexibility, humanitarian and development organizations can significantly improve program delivery within complex and fragile environments, according to a new report.

News9

UN: Nigeria needs $164M to prevent famine

Nigeria is in need of $164 million in humanitarian funding to prevent thousands of deaths from malnutrition in its war-torn northeast, a United Nations humanitarian coordinator said.

Vanguard Nigeria

Philanthropy critical to scientific innovation

Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer.

Philanthropy Roundtable

ENVIRONMENT

12,000 species of trees cataloged in Amazon

A new study of all known tree specimens taken from the Amazon rainforest over the past 300 years has counted some 11,676 species – and they aren’t done yet, say scientists.

Christian Science Monitor

Browse through species in master list

Scientific Reports

Biodiversity loss threatens ecosystems

Earth’s ecosystems are becoming more fragile, a study suggests, as biodiversity loss threatens their ability to preform functions vital to their survival and ours.

Christian Science Monitor

Photo of the Day

Melania Trump, shown here campaigning for her husband, Donald Trump, in February, delivered a speech at the GOP convention that appears to plagiarize Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. (Photo by Marc Nozell) Photo used under CC BY

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