If Trump were really President, he’d Forgive Puerto Rico’s Debts and Rescue it
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - I'm not sure what Donald Trump thinks…
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - I'm not sure what Donald Trump thinks…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's dreary tweetstorm on Saturday was intended…
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Iraq: Kurdish Independence Vote Spurs Mideast Tension
TeleSur | - - The referendum has provoked large-scale military movements along the Iraqi Kurdish region's borders. Some 8.4 million Iraqi Kurds have voted in a referendum on whether to secede from…Germany: Will strong Neo-Fascist showing push Merkel to the Right?
By Patricia Hogwood | (The Conversation) | - - Angela Merkel will continue as chancellor of Germany. But following an election that saw the rise of smaller parties – most notably the…How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably not as likely to produce immediate turmoil in the Middle East as some pundits would have…Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament
By Catherine Stupp | ( EURACTIV.com ) | - - Angela Merkel's CDU came in first place--but lost a huge amount of supporters. The far-right AfD will move into the Bundestag for…Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like
By Alicia de la Cour Venning | (The Conversation) | - - The world is witnessing a state-orchestrated humanitarian catastrophe on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. The latest UN figures show a staggering 370,000…As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation.…US will Ease Restrictions on Drones, Expand Usage
TeleSur | - - Speaking last month of reducing restrictions on drone usage, President Trump resorted to biblical language, saying "retribution will be fast and powerful." The United States is preparing to…Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iranian hardliners are still responding to Trump's speech at the UN Monday, in which he accused Iran of backing terrorism and called the…Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - It’s January 2025, and within days of entering the Oval Office, a new president already faces his first full-scale crisis abroad. Twenty-four…Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back
By Kristine Beckerle | ( Human Rights Watch) | - - Deadly Attack in Taizz Shows Need for International Inquiry Yemenis were again mourning their children this weekend – this time in…The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to ‘flash mob’ a Trump Victory?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian internet trolls linked to an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin went beyond just posting meme-making posters exalting Donald Trump and demeaning Hillary…How did the Persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Arise?
By Engy Abdelkader, JD, LL.M. | (The Conversation) | - - Some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims, a religious and ethnic minority community in Myanmar, have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since August this year.…Much of U.S.’s Puerto Rico “Destroyed” by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid
By TeleSUR | - - Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to declare the island a “disaster” area. Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico as the strongest…Israel threatens Bedouin communities with Forced Relocation
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces have notified residents of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that they are at risk of imminent forcible transfer from their…Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump more or less threatened to wipe out the 25 million people of North Korea in his speech at the UN. Then he…Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?
By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Here we go again! Years after most Americans forgot about the longest war this country ever fought, American soldiers are again being deployed…Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that the referendum on independence planned for September 25 be halted. The problem is that the Iraqi…Israeli Right Wing Faction Announces a Plan for Ethnic Cleansing
By Ian Berman. | (Informed Comment) | - - - Essentially an offer that says ‘Get Out or We Will Make Your Life a Living Hell, or Worse.’ The Platform Provides 3…Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”
TeleSur | - - "The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time," one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered…Tunisia: A Gender Equality Manifesto
Manifesto of the Under-Signed | Tunisia | - - During the 61st anniversary commemorating the enactment of the Personal Status Code, the Tunisian Head of State Beji Caïd Essebsi made two announcements…