Ideally, those Europeans currently welcoming Ukrainian refugees would show the same sympathy to Syrians, Afghans and others fleeing war beyond the continent. But, argues Ian Buruma, human compassion is a rare enough commodity that we should be grateful whenever it appears
Eight UN peacekeepers six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb were killed Tuesday when a Puma helicopter crashed in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and Pakistani officials said.