Top Five Rogues Pardoned by Presidents; will Trump try to be 6th?
By Juan Cole |. (Informed Comment) | - - Trump has been tweeting again, this time…
By Juan Cole |. (Informed Comment) | - - Trump has been tweeting again, this time…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's New York Times interview can only…
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Even Major Oil State UAE running for Exits toward Green Energy
By Rabiya Jaffery | (Inter Press Service) | - - ABU DHABI (IPS) - Much of the world is moving away from oil for its electricity generation, according to the International Energy…How our Intel Agencies Screwed us by Letting Sessions, Trumpies get away with Russia Scheme
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller at WaPo report from a US intelligence source that former Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei…Can Trump use the presidential pardon to thwart the Russia investigations?
By Austin Sarat | (The Conversation) | - - Speculation is mounting that President Donald Trump could issue a pardon to members of his family and close associates who are suspected of…Don’t worry, Trump: Chinese firm provides U.S. coal miners w/ wind energy jobs
CGTN | (Video News Report) | - - "For years, coal and oil and gas have been Wyoming’s bedrock. 40% of U.S. coal is still produced in the state but the industry…Morocco’s Rif Revolt: Only a Democratic Response is Sufficient
By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | - - Since October 2016, the Berbers (Imazighen) of the Rif, a region on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, have been carrying out one of…Empire of Destruction: Mosul reveals Myth of Precision Bombing
By Tom Engelhardt | (Via Tomdispatch.com ) | - - You remember. It was supposed to be twenty-first-century war, American-style: precise beyond imagining; smart bombs; drones capable of taking out a carefully…Trump hands Putin gift, cancels Support for Syrian Rebels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous at WaPo report that Trump cancelled the CIA program to support the remnants of the Free Syrian Army…Yemen: Saudi-led Airstrikes kill 28 civilian refugees
TeleSur | - - Yemen has been ravaged by the ongoing war, which has claimed more than 10,000 people and caused a cholera outbreak among 300,000. Officials from both the Yemeni Government…Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday
Ma`an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Members of the Waqf, or Islamic trust, in charge with running Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, called on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to close…Saudi, slamming Qatar for Extremism, arrests Model for wearing Skirt in Public
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Yaroslav Trofimov of WSJ said it all: Good luck to the Saudi PR campaign about how Qatar is the source of…One Year Later: Why the Purges in Turkey Were Always in the Pipeline
By Sarphan Uzunoglu. | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | - - When it comes to Turkey, representatives of European Union countries—aided and abetted by Turkish liberals who got the ruling Justice and Development…What impact will Saudi-Qatar Struggle have on Palestinians?
By Israa Khater | ( OpenDemocracy.org ) | - - No conflict in the Middle East spares the Palestinians, and the recent crisis in the GCC is no exception. Following the escalation…Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch | - - Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online speech and invasive surveillance of online activity…Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have decided to go public with what they…Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition
By Sinan Ülgen | (Project Syndicate) | - - ISTANBUL – In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been working to centralize political power, opposition parties have lately had few…In Int’l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - From North Korea to Russia to the Middle East, there's no shortage of deal-making needed. But beware the fine print…Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?
By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - The superhighway to disaster is already being paved. From Donald Trump’s first days in office, news of the damage to America’s…Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey commemorated on Saturday the anniversary of the failed coup in that country. The coup attempt was genuinely unpopular.…Human Rights Defenders Are Still Behind Bars in Turkey
By Zara Rahman | ( GlobalVoices.org) | - - Eight of Turkey's most respected human rights defenders were arrested last week, along with two information technology trainers from Sweden and Germany. All…Saudi Bloc: Qatar’s Al Jazeera can Stay, it Just has to Report as We Say
TeleSur | - - Al Jazeera said it rejects any “external intervention” and reiterates its “independence and professional editorial stance.” The four Arab countries currently boycotting Qatar are set to drop their…