Sunday Links

As I continue my visit to Virginia, and the weather becomes cloudy and wet, here are some things going on:

From CNN, former First Lady Barbara Bush is "in failing health".

From The Daily Signal, the Trump administration has delivered the "right response" to Syria's actions.

From Breitbart London, U.K. politician Nigel Farage, on the other hand, disagrees with his country's participation in the bombing of Syria.

From BizPac Review, a Canadian journalist judges dead hockey players by race and gender.

From TechCrunch, how would you react to an offer to pay Facebook $11 per month to remove ads?  (H/T GulfDogs for the Tweet)

From Voice Of Europe, how Roman culture was preserved in some places and destroyed in others.

From the Sunday Express, 40 percent of Britons think that multiculturalism has failed.

From Reuters, pro-E.U. politician Milo Ðjukanovic appears to have won the presidential election in Montenegro.  (via Politico)

From UAWire, the E.U. is considering new sanctions against Syria.

From SwissInfo, a Swiss imam faces a judicial inquiry for hate speech.

From Russia Today, in Accra, Ghana churches and mosque are told to use WhatsApp instead of loudspeakers to call worshipers to prayer.

From the Daily Star, imprisoned Britain First leader Jayda Fransen is ordered to attend the Prevent program, normally intended for terrorists.

From Flanders News, Belgian Asylum Secretary Theo Francken wants Belgium to adopt an asylum policy similar to Australia's.

From Greek Reporter, the eastern Mediterranean has seen a 30 percent increase in migrant arrivals over the same period a year ago.

From Deutsche Welle, Turkey's hopes of joining the E.U. "are at an all-time low".

From France24, the Syrian army claims to have driven all rebels out of Eastern Ghouta.

From This Day, according to a Nigerian journalist, only 15 of the 113 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram are still alive.

From Gatestone Institute, an American pastor held in Turkey faces life imprisonment.

From PressTV, the Iranian Parliament Speaker faults some Muslim countries for supporting the bombing of Syria.

From WION, an ISIS-supporting women's group is reportedly active in Kashmir.

From Dawn, gunmen open fire on Christians leaving a church in Quetta, Pakistan.

From the New York Post, former Vice President Joe Biden is considering running for president in 2020.

From WOWT, power lines in Omaha, Nebraska create a strange blue light.

From the Palm Beach Post, "Stormy and Trump create a vortex".

And from Vulture, the induction of Dire Straits into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was marked by the absence of the Knopfler brothers.