Ten Things of Right and Wrong

The Ahdname or Bill of Oath of Mehmed II in Fojnica/DNH

1. The Imperial Edict of Fojnica, issued by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror to grant freedom to Bosnian Franciscans after his conquest of Bosnia Herzegovina, is considered one of the oldest documents issued regarding human rights and freedoms. It has been kept in a monastery for over half a century in Fojnica city in central Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2. Lifestyle editor Sophie Miura has been to 26 countries in Europe, but amongst the five she always recommends is Cappadocia in Turkey.
3. There is growing concern in the US about the issue of charter schools with possible ties to a controversial Muslim cleric whose followers have been labeled terrorists by Turkey, which blames the so-called Gulen movement for a 2016 coup attempt.
4. The US says its discussions with North Korea moved "more quickly than expected" ahead of the summit in Singapore on Tuesday, with the historic talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ending in a joint agreement that was described by Donald Trump as "tremendous".
5. The US is playing a "dangerous game" by slapping tariffs on European steel and aluminium, the European Union's trade commissioner has said.
6. An algorithm trained to understand pictures with a psychopathic world view has been named Norman, after Alfred Hitchcock's Norman Bates from his classic horror film Psycho.
7. US celebrity chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in his hotel room, aged 61.
8. The Sultan of Yogyakarta holds a powerful political and spiritual position on the Indonesian island of Java. He is manoeuvring to make his eldest daughter his heir, a break with hundreds of years of tradition.
9. A London nightclub has denied allegations that it charges black women double the entrance fee of white women.
10. Less than 3% of statues in the UK are of women.

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