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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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Israel/ Palestine
Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’

Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’

“this act is not only heartless and discriminatory, it is illegal”

Maan News Agency

Iran
France Accuses Iran of Bomb Plot near Paris

France Accuses Iran of Bomb Plot near Paris

by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Valerie LEROUX | – Paris (AFP) – France has accused Iran’s intelligence ministry of being behind a foiled plot to bomb […]

AFP

Immigration
Trump says it's a Scary Time for Young Men; Imagine the Boys detained in his Immigrant Camps

Trump says it’s a Scary Time for Young Men; Imagine the Boys detained in his Immigrant Camps

As the Brett Cavanaugh controversy rages on, overlooked is a news item about the tent city set up for the migrant children in Tornillo, Texas. […]

Gail Ukockis

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Dissident Journalist Khashoggi Visits Saudi Consulate in Istanbul then Disappears

Saudi Dissident Journalist Khashoggi Visits Saudi Consulate in Istanbul then Disappears

Washington (AFP) – A veteran Saudi journalist who has been critical of the government has gone missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on […]

AFP

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Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush is supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. But Bush is more honest than the judge. He was asked by […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi: The Banana Republic with very few Bananas

Saudi: The Banana Republic with very few Bananas

Stockholm ( MENA Tidningen) – The Saudis are feeling offended that another country might criticize their dismal record of human rights. Last August Canada’s Foreign […]

Daniel Martin Varisco

Iran
Iran fires Ballistics Missiles in Syria for 1st Time, Punishing ISIL for Ahvaz Attack

Iran fires Ballistics Missiles in Syria for 1st Time, Punishing ISIL for Ahvaz Attack

Co-Author: Amir Havasi | – Tehran (AFP) – Iran said it struck jihadists on Monday in Syria with ballistic missiles and combat drones in retaliation […]

Kay Armin Serjoie

Israel/ Palestine
Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’

Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’

Since 30 March, Israeli troops have killed 151 people – including 30 children

Maan News Agency

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"We Fell in Love":  The Trump-Kim Jong Un RomCom

“We Fell in Love”: The Trump-Kim Jong Un RomCom

Also, “I love Saudi Arabia!”

Juan Cole

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