The "peace talks" between Israel and Palestine "failed" because the US was unwilling to do anything that displeased the most anti-peace camp in Israel: the fanatical "settlers".

Peace can be made whenever the world puts enough pressure on Israel to convince the Israeli government to accept a fair deal.

Perhaps Palestine has been encouraged to defy the US pressure to go along with useless negotiations because of support from Russia.

Thugs in the UAE keep on torturing people and pushing them into false confessions.

For Israel's ruling Likud party, the danger of peace has receded.

Rich people are trying to buy profit from global heating by buying up the resources that will become scarce.

Those who do this will have a vested interest in pushing global heating to ensure those resources do become scarce, just as fossil fuel companies do.

The election in Afghanistan had troubles with unexpectedly high voter turnout. But it is too soon to tell whether it was honest.