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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Veterans
Did Trump avoid Cemetery, dishonor Troops, b/c Rain would Muss his Hair (more)?

Did Trump avoid Cemetery, dishonor Troops, b/c Rain would Muss his Hair (more)?

by Francis CURTA and Clare BYRNE Paris (AFP) – US President Donald Trump came under fire on Saturday after cancelling a visit to an American […]

AFP

Saudi Arabia
Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals

Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals

by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Ankara (AFP) – Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other […]

AFP

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Yemen: Trump admin Further distances Self from Saudi-Led bombers

Yemen: Trump admin Further distances Self from Saudi-Led bombers

After Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave Saudi Arabia and its allies a month to start negotiations with the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers Shoot 6 Children, 9 Women & 22 Other Unarmed Protesters in Gaza

Israeli Snipers Shoot 6 Children, 9 Women & 22 Other Unarmed Protesters in Gaza

Witnesses say paramedic, Filastin Qudeih was injured with a live bullet in her leg.

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Crisis: Lady Gaga, Kardashians, & Thousands others Flee Wildfire in Malibu

Climate Crisis: Lady Gaga, Kardashians, & Thousands others Flee Wildfire in Malibu

Flames driven by hot Santa Ana winds gusting up to 80 kilometers per hour

TeleSur

Pollution
In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

“An agency cannot simply disregard contrary or inconvenient factual determinations that it made in the past”

AFP

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15,549 Gun Homicides in US in 2017; 32 (160) in UK

15,549 Gun Homicides in US in 2017; 32 (160) in UK

Revised The mass shooting in a bar in California that left 12 dead was carried out by a Vet, making it doubly tragic. The United […]

Juan Cole

Pentagon
US ‘War on Terror’ has killed 500,000 People: Study

US ‘War on Terror’ has killed 500,000 People: Study

The US is implicated in the violent deaths of about half a million persons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan

AFP

Pentagon
Making America's Wars Great Again: Caught in the Vietnam Time Loop

Making America’s Wars Great Again: Caught in the Vietnam Time Loop

American military power has been less and less effective, but the rhetoric surrounding that power has grown more boastful

Arnold R. Isaacs

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