Istanbul / AFP A bomb ripped through a Turkish police bus near Istanbul’s historic centreon Tuesday, killing seven officers and four civilians in the latest of a string of attacks in Turkey’s biggest city. The car bomb targeted a bus carrying anti-riot police as it was passing through the central Beyazit district close to many of the city’s top tourist …

  Jérusalem / AFP The head of a group of women activists pushing for equal prayer rights at Jerusalem’s Western Wall was detained on Tuesday after taking a Torah scroll there in defiance of the holy site’s rules, the group said. The incident comes as activists, Israel’s government and the ultra-Orthodox Jewish establishment debate a controversial plan to create a …

  Berlin / AFP Germany recorded around 16,000 new asylum seekers in May, almost unchanged from April, official data showed on Tuesday, after the closure of the key Balkans route slowed a record influx. Among the 16,281 asylum seekers who arrived in Germany in May, Syrians made up the biggest group at 2,685, followed by Afghans at 2,289 and 1,355 …