The drought in the eastern Mediterranean appears to be the worst in 900 years.

The Pentagon says it has identified the soldiers responsible for the bombardment of the MSF hospital in Kunduz, and says it was only errors.

Human rights groups say they consider this a slap on the wrist.

If they really were errors, rather than intentional acts, it would not be right to treat those responsible as criminals. But it would be just like the US Army to diminish the seriousness of their responsibility. Without some external investigation, we don't know if there were crimes.

Confirmed: the US attacked all the users of Lavabit specifically to get at Snowden's email.

Uri Avnery: Hesbollah is not a terrorist organization, if you judge by its actions. It suits politicians to pretend about this.

Because of landmines and murderous neighbors, the Yazidis cannot go home even though their home is no longer controlled by PISSI.