Globe Trot: Freed Boko Haram captives tell of abuse, starvation

NIGERIA: Some women held by Boko Haram were stoned to death as the army closed in to rescue them. The freed women said they were fed only ground, dry maize once a day. “Every day, we witnessed the death of one of us and waited for our turn,” said Umaru, a 24-year-old mother of two.

MIGRANTS: Middle East expert Walid Phares says the boatloads of migrants setting off from Libya are part of “an organized abuse of refugees to use them as a shield for the passage of jihadists to Europe,” and a European plan to resettle them is no solution. “Instead of sending a million miserable refugees to Europe, the UN should enable a million African (and Middle Eastern) refugees to stay home and be empowered,” he said.

TURKEY: The Armenian Genocide continues to provoke turmoil in Turkey, where officials not only deny it happened but have tampered with recent discoveries of remains of the up to 1.5 million Armenians killed 100 years ago. Our coverage includes historical background and resources for further study.

CHINA: Chen Guangcheng’s autobiography has a differing account of his escape from Chinese house arrest and gaining of U.S. asylum than Hillary Clinton gives in her memoir, Hard Choices. Chen had been abused by authorities and had legitimate fear for his and his family’s lives, but, according to The Barefoot Lawyer, his new book, Clinton’s aides “kept encouraging me, as if I were a child, to see just how beneficial the Chinese terms were.” They wanted him to stay in China and study law at New York University’s China campus. More of the story: The university dropped Chen, due to “great, unrelenting pressure” from the Chinese government, from the fellowship they offered him once he arrived in the United States.

WATCH THE BIRDIE: Scientists have identified a secretive and elusive bird tracked for its distinctive song as the Sichuan bush warbler.