Syrian Rebels' Aleppo Offensive Could Amount to War Crimes, UN Envoy Warns.

A year after PISSI was chased out of Sinjar, few inhabitants have returned and rebuilding has not started.

Summarizing why coal power is not useful for lifting people out of poverty, and why in the future it will push people into poverty.

Erdoğan has crippled Cumhuriyet, one of Turkey's principal newspapers, by arresting the editor and many of the staff.

Large protests in Morocco have been triggered by the killing of a fisherman who had been fishing illegally out of season.

There is a big difference between this death and the death of Mohammed al-Bouazizi, who committed suicide as a protest against a tyrannical regime. Fikri was stopped for carrying out an environmental crime, endangering a species. It is very important to enforce such laws. Fikri did not deserve death for that, but it's not clear whether the thugs expected anyone to be in the fish crusher.