Turkey: two journalists jailed over Syria smuggling reports

Two prominent journalists in Turkey are facing charges of espionage after publishing video that allegedly showed trucks, belonging to the state intelligence agency, carrying ammunition to Syrian militants. Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul are also accused of willingly aiding an armed group. Both have been jailed pending trial.…

Alarm at Reports That Saudi Arabia is Planning a Mass Execution

Two Saudi Arabian newspapers have reported that the kingdom is planning to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, prompting alarm from human-rights group Amnesty International. The media outlet Okaz said that 55 people would be put to death for “terrorist crimes” that caused the deaths of 171 people, 100 of them civilians. A report…

ISIS: Who's on Who's Side

Trump vindicated? WaPo factchecker outed for spin

Donald Trump (Credit: NPR) In a rather bizarre twist on the latest controversy surrounding Donald Trump – the one about his claims of seeing New Jersey Muslims cheer the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on America's soil – the Washington Post's own factchecker on the story was forced to explain his Pinocchio characterization of the presidential…