2. Turkey and Russia vowed that the assassination of Russia’s ambassador in Ankara would not derail their yearlong reconciliation. And along with Iran, they are beginning talks in Moscow on Syria’s future — without the West.

The assassin, a 22-year-old off-duty policeman, was killed by fellow officers. Six people, including his parents, were detained after the attack, but no immediate links emerged to terror groups.

And a gunman who opened fire at an Islamic center in Zurich on Monday, wounding three people, was found dead, apparently after committing suicide.