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The New York Times is reporting:
Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting "God is great!" and "don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!" in what Russia called a terrorist attack.
The gunman, who was described by Ankara's mayor as a policeman, also wounded at least three others in the assault, which was captured on Turkish video. Turkish officials said he was killed by other officers in a shootout.
"The attack comes at a bad time: Moscow and Ankara have only recently restored diplomatic ties after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft in November 2015," the Stratfor think-tank said.
"Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."
[...] Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as Russian-backed Syrian forces have fought for control of the eastern part of Aleppo, triggering a stream of refugees.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday December 19 2016, @11:10PM
Well, shit, barely more than a century after the fact, here comes another World War.
I don't think we'll get an actual world war until multiple superpowers think they can win such a conflict. Instead it'll be more proxy fighting and economic/political maneuvering.
For example, one way a world war might be China exploiting a cyberwar vulnerability with the US military to conduct a surprise attack attempting to wipe out US forces in a particular region. There, the US would go in thinking it had the advantage because of technologically superior forces while China would go in thinking it had the advantage because of the vulnerability of US forces to cyberwar (and perhaps industrial and manpower advantages). Who actually wins, if anyone, would then be a matter for the history books.
But if most superpowers don't think they'll win such a conflict, they'll instead try other approaches which are the staple of the past Cold War.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @08:28AM
Who actually wins, if anyone, would then be a matter for the history books.
More likely, history stone tablets :/