- Man sets self afire in Tokyo in apparent protest—Japan slowly turning militant.
- MH370: New evidence of tampering with cockpit systems revealed
- No, North Korea Did NOT Threaten War Over Seth Rogan Movie—"Media reports claiming the DPRK threatened war over a Seth Rogan and James Franco movie are flat out wrong."
- Putin snarls, but Obama gets the last laugh
- Defying Russia, Ukraine Signs E.U. Trade Pact—"Moscow warned that the signing of the economic agreement, which had set off protests and fighting in Ukraine, would have 'serious consequences.'" NYT
- Ukraine begins military offensive as cease-fire ends
- Washington is renaming the street outside China's embassy after jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo — and China is furious National Post
- Chinese president Xi Jinping vows China won't bully other nations
- Hong Kong democracy 'referendum' voting ends
- Hong Kong police arrest democracy protesters at sit-in
- Australia's right to know is under assault—"Reforms to freedom of information under the last government saw FOI culture flourish. Now the Coalition plans to radically restrict the FOI regime."
- Janet Albrechtsen appointed to ABC and SBS board appointments panel
- Australia's High Court rules PNG immigrant detention camp constitutional—"Australia's highest court has dismissed a challenge to the government's policy of sending asylum-seekers to Papua New Guinea, ruling detention at an island immigration camp legal under the country's constitution."
- Australia buys up, enters Asian arms race
- Israeli PM Calls Killers of Three Israeli Teens 'Human Animals'
- Palestinian teenager found dead in suspected revenge attack
- Israeli troops clash with Palestinians after body of Arab teenager found WaPo
- African leaders vote to give themselves immunity from war crimes
- Uganda students smuggle pigs into parliament—"Youths and police guards arrested after protest against high unemployment and government corruption."
- Donors slash Mozambique aid over corruption claims
- Obama's crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S.
- Supreme Court lets victims' 9/11 suit vs. Saudi Arabia proceed
- Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater—"Not long after the security firm's top manager in Iraq told a State Department investigator 'that he could kill' him, an inquiry was abandoned. Weeks later, the firm's guards killed 17 civilians in Iraq." NYT
- US court revives lawsuit against Abu Ghraib security contractors
- Judge upholds order demanding release of CIA torture accounts—"US government loses attempt to keep accounts of torture of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri secret."
- Army Clears Bergdahl of Any Misconduct During Captivity
- Bill Clinton says GOP is guilty of double standard on Benghazi WaPo
- New TSA fees to make airfare more expensive
- Obama authorizes 200 more troops for Iraq WaPo
- If You Were An Iraq War Critic, You're Probably Not Being Asked To Go On TV
- Laura Ingraham To Republicans: Stop Talking About Iraq Already!
- Dick Cheney Doesn't Want You To Reflect on the Iraq War, So You Know It's a Good Idea To
- Retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Rips Dick Cheney: He Isn't Immoral, He's Amoral—Sociopath.
- Nation Editor Tells Bill Kristol To Join Iraqi Army If He Wants War
- alicublog: On Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Blame Game on Iraq—Goldberg: "I supported the war, and I still think the arguments in favor at the time were superior to the arguments against. Alas, the facts on the ground didn't care about the arguments." Facts do have a liberal bias.
- Iraq crisis: Isis changes name and declares its territories a new Islamic state with 'restoration of caliphate' in Middle East
- Just what is a 'caliphate' — and why are some Muslims keen to reestablish one?
- Christian Iraqis Live in State of Fear of ISIS Terrorists
- Osama Bin Laden's seven rules for terrorists: ISIS will regret not following the al-Qaida leader's advice.
- Britain bans controversial Saudi cleric al-Arifi—""The UK Government makes no apologies for refusing people access to the UK if we believe they represent a threat to our society. Coming here is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who seek to subvert our shared values."
- European Court upholds French full veil ban
- Nigerian man is locked up after saying he is an atheist—"Campaigners call for release of 29-year-old Mubarak Bala, who lives in Kano in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north."
- At least 30 die in Nigeria village attacks—"Churches set alight in attack by suspected Islamist extremists on village close to town from where schoolgirls were kidnapped."
- Facebook's Psychological Experiments Connected to Department of Defense Research on Civil Unrest
- Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show—Now Internet monitoring is supposedly legal. WaPo
- New Snowden docs: NSA spies on pretty much everyone abroad—"All the world's a stage for US spies, according to secret American memos."
- Greenwald delays biggest Snowden story yet after new U.S. government claims
- FBI, CIA Use Backdoor Searches To Warrentlessly Spy On Americans' Communications
- ISPs take legal action against GCHQ
- TOR exit nodes now illegal in Austria
- Paypal Freezes ProtonMail Campaign Funds —A Paypal representative "questioned whether ProtonMail is legal and if we have government approval to encrypt emails."
