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

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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15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A little over 15 years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq on false pretences, the Department of State […]

Juan Cole

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Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake's Elevator to Alyssa Milano

Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake’s Elevator to Alyssa Milano

there was a 201 percent increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline on Thursday

Charlotte Plantive

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers

Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a […]

Maan News Agency

Yemen
In Midst of Saudi-US war on Yemen, Doctors Despair as Babies die in ‘Orphaned Province’

In Midst of Saudi-US war on Yemen, Doctors Despair as Babies die in ‘Orphaned Province’

Daleh (Yemen) (AFP) – At Nasr Hospital’s emergency room in the Yemeni city of Daleh, a little boy struggles to breathe. He is too tired, […]

AFP

Human Rights
Cologne: 10,000 to Protest Turkey’s Erdogan on Human Rights

Cologne: 10,000 to Protest Turkey’s Erdogan on Human Rights

by Michelle FITZPATRICK | – Cologne (Germany) (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to open one of Europe’s largest mosques in Cologne […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine President Abbas:  Trump’s US too biased to Mediate Mideast Conflict

Palestine President Abbas: Trump’s US too biased to Mediate Mideast Conflict

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tore into the Trump administration Thursday, refusing to accept the United States as the sole […]

Jennie Matthew

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Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women's Murder Capital

Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women’s Murder Capital

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it abundantly clear in the hearing on Thursday that he cares more about Republican Party control of the Supreme Court […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
How the Neocons' 'New American Century' Crashed and Burned

How the Neocons’ ‘New American Century’ Crashed and Burned

(Tomdispatch.com) – When you think about it, Earth is a relatively modest-sized planet — about 25,000 miles in circumference at the Equator, with a total […]

Tom Engelhardt

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18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?

18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?

By David Finkelhor and Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan | – Christine Blasey Ford’s account of allegedly being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they […]

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