Lawyers in the UK blocked a road to protest cuts in legal services for the poor. Israel is demolishing more Arab homes in Jerusalem. and seizing land near Nablus.

The fanatical "settlers" are now burning Palestinians' cars as well as destroying other kinds of property.

Foreign Shi'ites are going to Syria to fight for Assad.

If this keeps spreading, it could involve the whole Muslim world in a sectarian war.

The government of Turkey has bought 62 tons of tear gas in the past 12 years. I guess the government recognized that its repression was likely to provoke resistance.

Why the purchase of Smithfield by a Chinese company is dangerous — for reasons having nothing to do with nationalism.

America's biggest tax breaks amount to around a trillion dollars a year, and most of it is for the rich.