Overfishing Is As Big a Threat to Humanity As It Is to Our Oceans.

What the article does not mention is that human population growth is the other jaw of the vice. To stabilize fish populations won't be enough unless we stabilize the human population too.

Bahrain arrested American journalists who were covering a protest. The government accuses them of participating in the protest, and of doing journalism without permission. By doing so it confesses disrespect for human rights.

The US government can't object much, since it supports the repression in Bahrain.

PISSI is accused of using chemical weapons against Kurds in Iraq.

New York thugs want the power (in effect) to declare anyone a felon on their own say-so.

European Leaders Told to Keep Aid for Poor People , Not Hosting Refugees.

Without taxing the rich properly, support for refugees will in the short term fall on the poor. In a longer term, the refugees will contribute to the economy if there are jobs for them; but there may be no housing for them.