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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Internet Giants finally Take down Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones

Internet Giants finally Take down Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones

New York (AFP) – Internet giants launched an offensive Monday against far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who is now banned from Apple, Facebook, Spotify and […]

AFP

Afghanistan
If US Special Ops are Winning War on Terror, why have they lost 1/2 of Afghanistan?

If US Special Ops are Winning War on Terror, why have they lost 1/2 of Afghanistan?

New York (Tomdispatch.com) – A U.S. drone strike in Yemen. (I could be talking about 2002 or 2018.) Missions by Green Berets in Iraq. (I […]

Nick Turse

Climate Change
Burning Fossil Fuels risks Tipping Earth into ‘Hothouse’ State: Study

Burning Fossil Fuels risks Tipping Earth into ‘Hothouse’ State: Study

Tampa (AFP) – The planet urgently needs to transition to a green economy because fossil fuel pollution risks pushing the Earth into a lasting and […]

Kerry Sheridan

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Saudi Arabia bullies Canada with Economic Threats for Criticizing its Horrible Human Rights Record

Saudi Arabia bullies Canada with Economic Threats for Criticizing its Horrible Human Rights Record

Saudi Arabia is attempting to bully Canada for criticizing the abysmal Saudi human rights record. (That is, if something as non-existent as Saudi human rights […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Is Wave of Anti-Corruption Demonstrations in Iraq Doomed to Fail?

Is Wave of Anti-Corruption Demonstrations in Iraq Doomed to Fail?

Baghdad (Niqash.org) – There are anti-government protests in Iraq every summer. But the recent batch are different, and in ways that could hinder any resolution. […]

Mustafa Habib

Iran
Why New US Sanctions on Iran, Russia, will Fail

Why New US Sanctions on Iran, Russia, will Fail

By David Cortright | – Sanctions are much in demand these days as a tool of American foreign policy. Members of Congress want tough new […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
No Deal of Century, Then?  Palestine's Abbas Calls Jared Kushner's anti-Refugee push a 'Conspiracy'

No Deal of Century, Then? Palestine’s Abbas Calls Jared Kushner’s anti-Refugee push a ‘Conspiracy’

Abbas’ office reiterated that Trump’s peace plan is aimed at stripping the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights. Palestinian National Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas’ office […]

TeleSur

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Emolument? Saudi Stay in Failing Trump NYC Hotel Boosted Profits 1st Quarter

Emolument? Saudi Stay in Failing Trump NYC Hotel Boosted Profits 1st Quarter

David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell at WaPo have revealed that the declining revenues at Trump’s hotel in New York City were turned around in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Deported Swedish Gaza Activist: “The ships will continue to sail until Gaza is free.”

Deported Swedish Gaza Activist: “The ships will continue to sail until Gaza is free.”

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Swedish solidarity activist Divina Levrini, one of many international activists who were attacked and detained by Israeli forces aboard the Freedom Flotilla […]

Maan News Agency

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