By Neslihan Çevik | (Daily Sabah) - After the tragic Charlie Hebdo massacre, it seems that Europe has several options regarding its policies on Islam and Muslims. Among them, the easiest option…
TUBAS (Ma'an) – Israeli forces on Thursday destroyed a water network which feeds Palestinian villages and Bedouin dwellings in the northern Jordan Valley, the head of the village council of al-Maleh and…
By Rola El-Husseini | (Special to Informed Comment) - On January 18, 2015 an Israeli military operation lead to the death of Jihad Mughniyah in Quneitra, in the Syrian part of the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Peter Greste, an Australian journalist working for Aljazeera English, has been released from an Egyptian prison after a 400-day ordeal in which he was jailed…
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) - Anniversary of Iranian Revolution February 2nd marks the 36th anniversary of the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Iran after 14 years of exile. After…
AJ+ | - "Being an antiwar activist in Israel is dangerous. Israelis who protested against the 2014 Gaza offensive were threatened, harassed and attacked. Some even lost their jobs. Yoav Eliassi, also…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The revelation by the Washington Post's Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima that the car-bomb assassination of Hizbullah commando Imad Mughniyah in Damascus in 2008 was…
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) - ""Three likely presidential candidates shared the stage Sunday night before a roomful of wealthy donors, engaging in a rapid-fire policy discussion that underscored sharp disagreement…
by Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) - Iraq’s unofficial Shiite militias are an essential part of the fight against the extremist Islamic State group. But they act independently of the army,…
Taiwanese Animators | (ISISville Series) - "Welcome to ISISville! The animated series that examines life under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant! You’ve read the headlines. So you know ISIS…
By Giorgio Cafiero | (Foreign Policy in Focus) - The fate of one Shi’ite cleric hangs over the Gulf like a sword of Damocles. [Updated: Two Americans were fired on in the…
By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) - When North and South Yemen merged into a single country under the banner Yemen Arab Republic back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Last week an Israeli helicopter gunship targeted Hizbullah outposts in Syria southwest of Damascus, near the front with the rebel Support Front (Syria al-Qaeda), which…
CCTV America | - "Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi said he hopes the Suez Canal expansion project will increase his country's foreign cash reserves during his meetings while on an official…
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) - En route back to Washington at the tail end of his most recent overseas trip, John Kerry, America’s peripatetic secretary of state, stopped off in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country to undermine a sitting president is, I…
By Charlie Hoyle | - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A massive shortfall in the $5.4 billion pledged for Gaza's reconstruction by the international community last October is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - President Obama cut short his India trip to head off to Riyadh in the wake of the death last Thursday of King Abdallah of Saudi…
World Bank | -- "Bangladesh has become the world's fastest growing market for solar home systems, thanks in part to IDA - the World Bank's fund for the poorest. Solar energy is…
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an News Agency) -- Some 700 Palestinian children per year are arrested and face "ill-treatment" by Israeli forces, according to a new report by a children's rights group. (MaanImages/file) In the…
NASA | Goddard Center | -- "The year 2014 now ranks as the warmest on record since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA scientists. Nine of the 10 warmest years since…
By A. D. McKenzie | PARIS (IPS) - In the wake of last week’s attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead, a heated battle of opinion is…
The Times of India | -- "A study said on Wednesday that sea level rise in the past two decades has accelerated faster than previously thought in a sign of climate change…
By Farhang Jahanpour The Wednesday edition of Charlie Hebdo (a week after the barbaric attack by two deranged terrorists on its premises) carried a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, with a caption “Je…
WCPO | Cincinnati -- "Ebola, evil voices and the devil. Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons he was going to kill House Speaker…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- Steve Emerson, a major figure in the Islamophobic network on which our right wing billionaires spend roughly $10 million a year, and who has even…
By Jillian York | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Following a terrorist attack, it is not uncommon to hear calls from politicians and government officials for increased surveillance. Fear and grief can lead to…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Rupert Murdoch is the billionaire press lord and major shareholder in News Corp., which own Sky News and Fox Cable News. He tweeted after the Paris…
By Ann Jones | (Tomdispatch.com) Americans who live abroad -- more than six million of us worldwide (not counting those who work for the U.S. government) -- often face hard questions about…
Times of India | -- "The Haryana government has decided to usher in the New Year with one of the biggest pushes for solar power in the country. The state [pop. 25…
By Michael T. Klare | Tomdispatch.com | -- Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked…
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 8 2015 (IPS) - “They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs.” That was how renowned French cartoonist Plantu described the killers…
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) -- ""An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday, officials said.…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- A Japanese team has confirmed that 2014 was the hottest year on record. Moreover, ten of the warmest years have occurred since 1998. What the…
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) -- "The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that President Obama plans to veto a newly introduced pro-Keystone XL bill if it passes the Senate, the Associated…
Vox | --- "A new high-resolution computer model created by NASA shows carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas driving global warming, as you've never seen it before." Vox: "A visual tour of the…
ABC News | -- "ABC News' Bob Woodruff travels the country examining new efforts end homelessness among US veterans." ABC News: "50,000 Homeless Veterans Nationwide" Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's website…
By Emilye Crosby | (Zinn Education Project) In this 50th anniversary year of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act it helped inspire, national media will focus on the iconic images…
By Jillian York | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) In the midst of the global surveillance debate, talk of online censorship has often taken a backseat. Yet, all around the world, the inalienable right…
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After Charlie Hebdo: How Will Europe Deal with Islam and Muslims?
By Neslihan Çevik | (Daily Sabah) - After the tragic Charlie Hebdo massacre, it seems that Europe has several options regarding its policies on Islam and Muslims. Among them, the easiest option…Israel destroys water lines feeding Palestinian areas in Jordan Valley
TUBAS (Ma'an) – Israeli forces on Thursday destroyed a water network which feeds Palestinian villages and Bedouin dwellings in the northern Jordan Valley, the head of the village council of al-Maleh and…Israel and Lebanon: Is a 3rd War in the Offing?
By Rola El-Husseini | (Special to Informed Comment) - On January 18, 2015 an Israeli military operation lead to the death of Jihad Mughniyah in Quneitra, in the Syrian part of the…Journalist Greste Freed by Egyptian Junta, but Press Freedom still Hostage
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Peter Greste, an Australian journalist working for Aljazeera English, has been released from an Egyptian prison after a 400-day ordeal in which he was jailed…Iran and the West on Revolution Anniversary: 36 Years of Futile Estrangement
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) - Anniversary of Iranian Revolution February 2nd marks the 36th anniversary of the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Iran after 14 years of exile. After…Being An Antiwar Activist In Israel Is Dangerous
AJ+ | - "Being an antiwar activist in Israel is dangerous. Israelis who protested against the 2014 Gaza offensive were threatened, harassed and attacked. Some even lost their jobs. Yoav Eliassi, also…Ironies of Empire: US now Allied with Shiites Trained by Assassinated HIzbullah Leader
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The revelation by the Washington Post's Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima that the car-bomb assassination of Hizbullah commando Imad Mughniyah in Damascus in 2008 was…GOP Pres. Candidates warn Iran Nukes can hit NYC (despite No Nukes, ICBMs)
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) - ""Three likely presidential candidates shared the stage Sunday night before a roomful of wealthy donors, engaging in a rapid-fire policy discussion that underscored sharp disagreement…With US Tanks, are Iraq’s Shiite Militias getting stronger than the Army?
by Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) - Iraq’s unofficial Shiite militias are an essential part of the fight against the extremist Islamic State group. But they act independently of the army,…Fast Times at ISIS High: What Terrorists Want to Teach your Children (Taiwan Spoof)
Taiwanese Animators | (ISISville Series) - "Welcome to ISISville! The animated series that examines life under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant! You’ve read the headlines. So you know ISIS…As Americans are shot At: Saudi Death Sentence on Shiite Cleric inflames Sectarian Tensions
By Giorgio Cafiero | (Foreign Policy in Focus) - The fate of one Shi’ite cleric hangs over the Gulf like a sword of Damocles. [Updated: Two Americans were fired on in the…U.S. Ally Yemen in Danger of Splitting into Two – Again
By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) - When North and South Yemen merged into a single country under the banner Yemen Arab Republic back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked…Why the Israeli-Hizbullah Tit for Tat Probably won’t turn to War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Last week an Israeli helicopter gunship targeted Hizbullah outposts in Syria southwest of Damascus, near the front with the rebel Support Front (Syria al-Qaeda), which…Egypt bets on Suez Canal Expansion to combat Economic Crisis
CCTV America | - "Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi said he hopes the Suez Canal expansion project will increase his country's foreign cash reserves during his meetings while on an official…The Need for New Blood at State Dept.: Obama’s Problem with the ‘Vision Thing’
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) - En route back to Washington at the tail end of his most recent overseas trip, John Kerry, America’s peripatetic secretary of state, stopped off in…Netanyahu & Boehner: How Israel went from being a Democratic to a Republican Project
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country to undermine a sitting president is, I…As Gaza Refugee Babies die of Cold, Underfunded UN Agency Halts Rebuilding Aid to 400,000
By Charlie Hoyle | - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A massive shortfall in the $5.4 billion pledged for Gaza's reconstruction by the international community last October is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis…New Saudi King to Obama: Lower-price Oil Policy won’t Change
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - President Obama cut short his India trip to head off to Riyadh in the wake of the death last Thursday of King Abdallah of Saudi…Women Empowered by Solar Energy in Bangladesh
World Bank | -- "Bangladesh has become the world's fastest growing market for solar home systems, thanks in part to IDA - the World Bank's fund for the poorest. Solar energy is…Israel ‘systematically mistreats’ Palestinian children in custody
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an News Agency) -- Some 700 Palestinian children per year are arrested and face "ill-treatment" by Israeli forces, according to a new report by a children's rights group. (MaanImages/file) In the…