On this day in 1915, the Ottoman Empire began arresting hundreds of leading Armenian thinkers and intellectuals, beginning what many experts believe to be the first genocide of the 20th century. In the following months, about 1.5 million Armenians were killed.
Armenia Holds Emotional Ceremonies To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Genocide
Both Russia's President Putin and France's President Hollande attended. The U.S., however, still refuses to acknowledge that the killings constitute a genocide. Read more.
Italian Prosecutors: Terror Suspects May Have Targeted Vatican
The suspects were overheard on the phone talking about a "big jihad in Italy." Read more.
EU To Send Border Ships Further Into Mediterranean Amid Migrant Crisis
The size of the rescue mission is being doubled. Read more.
Senior American Al Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn Killed In U.S. Strike In Pakistan
Born in 1978 and raised in California, he converted to Islam at age 17 and left the country three years later. Read more.
On The Blog: To Combat The 'New Anti-Semitism,' Europe's Jews And Muslims Must Work Together
With news reports of continued anti-Semitic attacks against the Jewish community in Europe, it is all too easy to fall into a pessimistic view of the future of Jews' place there. Read more.
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