It appears Australia pays smugglers to carry boat people back to Indonesia, since the government refuses to deny this.

Now that the government tells the senate "just trust us", it is totally out of democratic control. If I were a Senator I'd vote to deny that department funding, just to make it accept accountability.

Naomi Klein: Let's make this a real 'leap' year, and go fossil fuel-free.

A long interview with Naomi Klein.

Ukraine's economics minister and his whole team resigned and denounced ingrained corruption.

The US deported Angel Rosa to Guatemala, where he has no family. He is ill from gangrene that he contracted in a US immigration prison, and his children (US citizens who live in the US) cannot take care of them there.

The US says it will investigate how he got gangrene, but will they go to Guatemala to do it?

Sometimes I wonder if the immigration police are trying to demonstrate how coldly and callously they can implements the rules.

Salafi Arabia wants to send troops to fight against PISSI in Syria.

However, they might actually fight against Assad, which would put Salafi Arabia directly into war with Russia.

I fear they would also fight the revolutionary Kurds.