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UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC, on which the United Nations depends to determine the level of nutritional […]
1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes
By Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond (The Conversation) – Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past […]
Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The Israeli military’s repeated attacks on reconstruction-related equipment and other civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025 violate the […]
California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US Energy Information Agency reports that California’s fossil gas use is steadily declining. In the first half of 2025, […]
From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech
( Middle East Monitor ) – In 1916, the Middle East was partitioned by its rulers with ink between Britain and France. A hundred years […]
“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months
Chris Stokes, Durham University; Florence Colleoni, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), and James Kirkham, British Antarctic Survey “We cannot negotiate with the […]
In 2025, 65% of Americans view Muslims Favorably, 85% view Jews Favorably
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and director of the Critical Issues Poll at the University […]
Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis
By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, photography by Brian Otieno for ProPublica. | – ( ProPublica) – On July 18, a mild, overcast night […]
Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Despite Sanctions
Middle East Studies Association of North America | – ( MESA Press Release ) – WASHINGTON—In response to a letter sent by the Knight First […]
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