- Why is the norm against chemical weapons use so much stronger than the one against targeting civilians?
- Ten trends you haven't heard about that are reshaping the global economy.
- An important development on TPP negotiations that I missed last week: the US is set to grant Australia an exemption to provisions allowing foreign companies to take Australia to court.
- Revealing: deleted tweets from Rouhani's account.
- Test your Indonesia knowledge with The Guardian. I got a pathetic 8 out of 15.
- How the US shutdown would read if US newspapers were reporting about it happening in a foreign country.
- Two funny tweets from the US government shutdown:
