Things Are Going From Bad to Worse in Syria—And Iraq.

The worst thing that happened is that PISSI (the Pseudo-Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) conquered and massacred a Sunni tribe in Iraq that did not yield to PISSI.

The US and the Iraqi government and militias did not do what was necessary to defend that tribe. This has big consequences: other Iraqi Sunnis who resent PISSI will feel they have no choice but to support it.

The TTIP is a plot against democracy, but despite powerful opposition, the plot is not dead yet.

The name stands for "This Treaty Is Plutocratic, and even The Economist says it is too plutocratic.

What does the UK Labour Party say about TTIP? What does the UK Green Party say about TTIP?

Australia's repeal of the carbon tax is causing its biggest-ever annual increase in CO₂ emissions.

Abbott says that "coal is the future" and claims it will become clean, but Australia is cutting funds for developing CCS.

The fossil fuel magnates are planning to trash human civilization and Earth's ecosphere; they figure their families will use their money to escape the disaster. Whatever they say they will do to avert the disaster is just talk.

Udi Segal, one of the Israel youths that refuse to serve in the army and carry out the occupation of Palestine, has declared a hunger strike for his next term of imprisonment.

Israel continues demolishing more Palestinian homes and buildings in areas of Palestine that Israel annexed to Jerusalem.

The "lack of permit" is a pretext which Israel systematically constructs by refusing to give permits to Palestinians in areas where Israel is trying to expel them.

Even in situations where it is legitimate to forcibly demolish people's home, to do so without first letting them remove their movable property is gratuitous cruelty.

Demolition is part of a much broader policy of pushing Arabs out of East Jerusalem and its annexed territories.

Now Israel plans to build housing for 1000 more colonist families in East Jerusalem.

I don't suppose those houses will be demolished for lack of a permit.