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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

12/17/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Israel/ Palestine
The Escalation of Israeli Collective Punishment of Palestinians

The Escalation of Israeli Collective Punishment of Palestinians

by Nada Awad | – The Israeli authorities forcibly transferred Palestinian Nadia Abu Jamal from Jerusalem in 2017, following the demolition of her family home […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu partners with Kahanist Terrorist Elements, seeking another Term

Israeli PM Netanyahu partners with Kahanist Terrorist Elements, seeking another Term

Israel has evolved as an ethno-nationalist supremacist state that practices Jim Crow forms of discrimination

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
France threatens to Boycott Eurovision over Israeli Depiction of French Entrant as Terrorist

France threatens to Boycott Eurovision over Israeli Depiction of French Entrant as Terrorist

PARIS (Ma’an) — France reportedly threatened to boycott the Eurovision song contest to be held in Tel Aviv, in southern Israel, as a form of […]

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Germany refuses to Sell arms to Saudi Arms Ban despite British Lobbying

Germany refuses to Sell arms to Saudi Arms Ban despite British Lobbying

Germany’s decision to freeze arms exports has also met with opposition from other European powers

AFP

Saudi Arabia
DC "Think Tanks" are up to Their Necks on Foreign Money: Shouldn't it be Public?

DC “Think Tanks” are up to Their Necks on Foreign Money: Shouldn’t it be Public?

Under current law, it is perfectly legal for think tanks that receive funding from foreign governments to also work with foreign agents

Ben Freeman

Yemen
How Trump could End the disastrous Yemen War in Just Days if he Wanted To

How Trump could End the disastrous Yemen War in Just Days if he Wanted To

Saudis don’t have the desire or the educational background for those jobs

Reese Erlich

Syria
Lindsey Graham to embattled SecDef on Syria Withdrawal: ‘Dumbest F*cking Idea’

Lindsey Graham to embattled SecDef on Syria Withdrawal: ‘Dumbest F*cking Idea’

Shanahan, asked if US troop presence in Syria would be zero by April 30, said “Yes, that’s been our direction”

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Assaults on Aqsa Mosque Worshipers Threaten Jerusalem Status Quo: Ashrawi

Israeli Assaults on Aqsa Mosque Worshipers Threaten Jerusalem Status Quo: Ashrawi

Raids of Israeli settlers inside the Holy Compound are willfully provoking anger

Maan News Agency

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How Kushner and other Key Trump Officials Plotted to Give Saudis the Atom Bomb in Return for Billions

How Kushner and other Key Trump Officials Plotted to Give Saudis the Atom Bomb in Return for Billions

For all we know, the plan to give the Saudis a nuke is still in play

Juan Cole

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