In Egypt, running for president is considered a crime.

Barbudans are campaigning to block the plan to privatize land on Barbuda so that rich foreigners can buy it.

One of the rich foreigners is Robert de Niro, and this provides an opportunity for pressure.

A new world-wide list of invasive species should help efforts to curb some of them.

Israel does not want Hezbollah or Assad's forces coming near the Golan heights, so it is giving lots of money to the local militias that control that part of Syria and to the local inhabitants.

Iran recently endorsed the two-states Arab peace plan, so in principle there is no need for Iran and Israel to remain enemies.

Unauthorized immigrants in the US are now dropping their medical insurance and their childrens', from fear that they will be deported.