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A 22-year-old man surrendered to police after a shooting spree near Dunkirk, France, that left five dead, including two migrants and two security guards. The attacks occurred in Wormhout and a migrant camp in Loon-Plage. Multiple weapons were found in the suspect's car. Authorities are investigating the motive and have increased security in the area.

Notorious human smuggler Barzan Majeed, known as "the Scorpion," was arrested in northern Iraq's Kurdish region. The arrest followed a request from Interpol and "after the exchange of intelligence information," highlighting international cooperation. Majeed was wanted by the UK for smuggling migrants, some of whom tragically died attempting to cross the English Channel.

Members of France's Kurdish community and anti-racism activists joined together in mourning and anger on Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors say was racially motivated. The shooting in a bustling neighborhood of central Paris also wounded three people, and stirred up concerns about hate crimes against minority groups.

Workers from Texan company Exterran Corp returned last month to resume work but two more rockets hit the site on July 25, forcing the company to leave again with no return date planned, industry and Kurdish government sources said.

Germany and the UK have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation against human trafficking, particularly focusing on small boat crossings to Britain. This includes Germany criminalising facilitating migrant smuggling to the UK, enabling stronger prosecution of trafficking syndicates. The agreement follows increased raids and intelligence sharing to combat channel crossings, where thousands have risked their lives this year.

Bayern Munich has pledged $1.1 million to set up a training camp for recently arrived migrants.

At least 28 people were killed and 61 wounded by a car bomb targeting the Turkish military in the heart of the capital Ankara, the latest in a string of attacks to shake the country. The blast struck a convoy of military vehicles Wednesday night.

Turkey said it would never close the doors to Syrian refugees fleeing death and is instead boasting that its unemployment rate has dipped by less than half a percentage point in last year despite accepting two million refugees from the war-torn neighbour.

Gareth Southgate said on Sunday that England will take the knee before their World Cup matches in Qatar to send a strong message of "inclusivity". On the eve of England's Group B opener against Iran in Doha, Southgate once again found himself fielding as many questions about politics as he did on his team's prospects.

European Union leaders are set Thursday to provide new incentives to Turkey to improve cooperation on migration and trade despite democratic backsliding in the country and lingering concern about its energy exploration ambitions in the Mediterranean Sea.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic run-off election that posed the toughest challenge of his two-decade rule.

Migrants from Iraq, Iran, and other nations face perilous crossings of the English Channel from northern France, seeking refuge in the UK despite heightened risks and EU asylum rules. Smugglers profit from desperate journeys amid clashes with police, while many dream of safer, more hopeful lives across the water.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aims to win the presidential run-off election, extending his rule well into the third decade and continuing his policies that made the country prominent. His opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu campaigned on restoring Turkey’s credibility, eliminating the authoritarian style of governance and combating corruption.

More than 190 people were killed and around 3,000 coup plotters were arrested as Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he is in control of the country. Erdogan said coup supporters "will pay a heavy price for their treason to Turkey."

Even before the coronavirus outbreak took over daily lives around the globe, the conflict, which began in early 2011, had largely fallen off the world's collective radars _ reduced to a never-ending fight involving an ever-more complex web of players and refugees that few remember once lived in a country they called home.

In May, 2015, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi sent out a message to his followers from around the world. In the recording, issued by its al-Furqan media outlet Baghdadi says: "There is no excuse for any Muslim not to migrate to the Islamic State... Joining (its fight) is a duty on every Muslim.

The impending loss of Mosul and Raqqa cuts out the urban heart of its self-proclaimed caliphate, but the extremist organization has built-in plans to endure and has shown a degree of flexibility that will be difficult to counteract.

An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to crumble in the early hours of Saturday after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan's call to take to the streets to support him. The uprising was an "act of treason", and those responsible would pay a heavy price, the President said.

Syria faces a challenging transition after ousting President Bashar Assad. The Arab Spring uprisings offer cautionary tales, from Yemen's civil war to Libya's fragmentation and Sudan's military coups. Even Tunisia's success story has faltered. Can Syria avoid these pitfalls, or will extremist ideologies, armed factions, and Kurdish tensions derail its fragile new beginning?