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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Saudi Arabia
Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Saudi Arabia previously did not include philosophy on the curriculum, a decision based on several fatwas (rulings) issued by senior muftis

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara […]

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Far Right
The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right 'Alternative for Germany' Party

The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right ‘Alternative for Germany’ Party

The AfD wants to use Israel to exploit the false notion that whoever is pro-Israel could not be antisemitic

Open Democracy

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California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov'ts at Climate Summit Falter

California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov’ts at Climate Summit Falter

19% of California’s electricity is now generated by its 23 gigawatts of solar installations

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Mob of Israeli Squatters attack Ambulance, Palestinian Cars throughout Hebron

Mob of Israeli Squatters attack Ambulance, Palestinian Cars throughout Hebron

Israeli settlers also attacked dozens of Palestinian vehicles passing at the Beit Einun junction

Maan News Agency

Yemen
Why you Need to Understand Yemen's Houthi Rebels

Why you Need to Understand Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred by Zaydi resistance to growing Wahhabi influence in the north.

The Conversation

Corruption
Was even Trump's Inauguration a Corrupt Scam? And, Was Ivanka in the Middle?

Was even Trump’s Inauguration a Corrupt Scam? And, Was Ivanka in the Middle?

Damelincourt responded with a new rate of $175,000 per day for use of the Presidential Ballroom and meeting rooms, offering a $700,000 charge for four days of use.

ProPublica

Corruption
Cohen: Trump Knew Illegality of Hush Money Payments to Porn Star, Nude Model

Cohen: Trump Knew Illegality of Hush Money Payments to Porn Star, Nude Model

Washington, United States | AFP | – Donald Trump has said he never directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law. US President […]

AFP

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Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

The Senate invoked the War Powers Resolution for the first time since it was enacted under Nixon in 1973

Juan Cole

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