Anthony Bourdain, famous as a chef, storyteller and TV host, committed suicide in his hotel room in Paris earlier today. His body was found by his friend and fellow chef Eric Ripert.
Read more at CNN (for whom Bourdain worked), CBS News, Page Six, ABC News and the Rolling Stone.
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In other stories:
From Voice Of Europe, Austria plans to close seven mosques and tell up to 60 imams auf wiedersehen. (If you read German, read the story at the Kronen Zeitung.)
From the Daily Mail, more on the Austrian plan to close mosques and expel imams.
From the Independent, the youngest sister of the Queen of Holland has apparently committed suicide.
From Council on Foreign Relations, a Nigerian minister warns his countrymen against seeking asylum in Germany.
From the Express, Italy's debt to eurozone banks hits an all-time high.
From Sputnik International, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas won't hold his tongue.
From Ekathimerini, Greece says that the migration deal with Turkey wasn't doing much good.
From Agence France Presse, the failed asylum seeker suspected of raping and killing a German girl has been captured in Iraq. (Looks like he could spend some time in Germany after all.)
From France24, an Iraqi refugee in France is accused of being an ISIS member and committing war crimes.
From the NL Times, Dutch Muslims have become more religious.
From Reuters, more migrants are coming through Albania.
From Breitbart Jerusalem, Hezbollah flags will be flown at London's Al-Quds march.
From the Evening Standard, former London mayor Boris Johnson warns of a Brexit "meltdown". (Looking at the pictures, I'd say that he looks like a slightly younger Donald Trump.)
From Radio Farda, the E.U. promises monetary help for Bosnia as the deal with migrants.
From The Daily Caller, Imran Awan, former IT aide to Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), reportedly has two wives.
From the Guardian, guns and ammo have been found in a mosque's ceiling. (This Guardian is from Trinidad and Tobago.)
From Gatestone Institute, Islam and multiculturalism in the U.K. during May 2018.
From National Review, President Trump is following recent executive norms, "and that's the problem".
From Townhall, Melania Trump won't go to Singapore, for medical reasons.
From FrontpageMag, you can't reform totalitarianism.
From Philly(dot)com, opinion: in Philadelphia, abolish stop-and-frisk.
From the New York Post, nine black current or former football players sue the University of Minnesota for allegedly using them as scapegoats during a sexual misconduct investigation. (Some former Duke lacrosse players and UVA fraternity brothers might be able to relate.)
From The Sun, archaeologists in Peru find the bodies of 140 children believed to have been sacrificed. (via the New York Post)
From Fox News, right-wing journalist Charles Krauthammer reveals that "he has weeks to live".
From The Telegraph, drug dealers pass the Mary Jane - in court.
And from Science Alert, a video taken with a telescopic lens shows an amazing moon illusion.
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