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For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm has released its global electricity report for the first half of 2025, and it contains […]

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Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

10/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance:  MAGA Men and Rage

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

10/08/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Dissident Saudi Khashoggi’s Body Was Dismembered, Dissolved in Acid: Report

Dissident Saudi Khashoggi’s Body Was Dismembered, Dissolved in Acid: Report

Citing unnamed officials, the Turkish news report said that the suitcases were taken to the Saudi consul general’s house on the same day i.e. Oct. […]

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Yemen
Yemen: Pro-Saudi and Pro-Sana’a Forces Battle at Hodeida as UN Warns of ‘Living Hell’

Yemen: Pro-Saudi and Pro-Sana’a Forces Battle at Hodeida as UN Warns of ‘Living Hell’

Hodeida (Yemen) (AFP) – Intensified fighting shook a key rebel-held port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast on Sunday, leaving dozens dead as the United […]

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Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities

Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities

Extremists are trying to polarize us and set us against one another. The only effective response is to refuse to be divided

Juan Cole

Iran
Trump’s Sweeping Iran Sanctions Target Oil Sales, Bank Transfers

Trump’s Sweeping Iran Sanctions Target Oil Sales, Bank Transfers

Washington (AFP) – Iran’s oil exports and financial transactions will be targeted under US sanctions that take force Monday, six months after President Donald Trump […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

“The larger problem I believe is Iran”

Middle East Monitor

Republican Party
Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

Electoral rules at the state level effectively exclude many minority voters to the detriment of Democrats

AFP

Donald Trump
Top 5 Reasons Trump's Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Top 5 Reasons Trump’s Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With his seemingly infinite capacity for tone deafness, Trump tweeted on Friday an HBO-style movie poster of himself with the […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
As Saudi-led War Grinds on, 2.2 mn. Yemeni Children Suffering Malnutrition

As Saudi-led War Grinds on, 2.2 mn. Yemeni Children Suffering Malnutrition

And fully 7 million Yemeni Children face Food Insecurity

AFP

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Khashoggi’s Murder Shines Spotlight on Journalists Fleeing ME Dictatorships

Khashoggi’s Murder Shines Spotlight on Journalists Fleeing ME Dictatorships

Many journalists fled after the failure of the Arab Spring, but remain in danger

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