Informed Comment - Part 1077

Guilty: Trump Campaign Head Manafort Hid Russian Millions in Foreign Bank Accounts

by W.G. Dunlop | – Alexandria (United States) (AFP) – Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort was found guilty of tax and bank fraud […]

AFP

Climate Change

Trump unleashes Coal, boosting Greenhouse Gases and deadly Global Heating

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s administration announced a plan Tuesday to weaken regulations on US coal plants, giving a boost to an industry that […]

Ivan Couronne

Saudi Arabia

For 1st Time, Saudis Seek Death Penalty for Woman Shiite Activist

First Woman Facing Execution in Trials of Shia Protesters

Human Rights Watch

Featured

Early Arabic Inscriptions and the Life of the Prophet: A new Source for History

Among the anecdotes told in the early biographies of the Prophet Muhammad is one about him being harassed by his immediate neighbors in Mecca, in […]

Juan Cole

Featured

Trump’s Remark that Israeli PM will be ‘Mohammed’ ignores how Apartheid Works

In a conversation earlier this summer with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, the king told Trump about the possibility of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban Advances Cast Doubt on Trump’s Double-Down Policy

By Thomas WATKINS | – Washington (AFP) – A year since President Donald Trump unveiled his strategy for Afghanistan, a fresh wave of violence and […]

AFP

Donald Trump

Trump Attorney Giuliani Dogged by “Truth isn’t Truth” Remark

Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Monday backpedaled after saying that “truth isn’t truth” in explaining why the president should not […]

AFP

Iraq

Are Iraqis Dumping Sunni-Shiite Politics as they Demand Services, End of Corruption?

London (OpenDemocracy.net) – In the absence of civil war, the people of Iraq have found an opportunity to demand that the political elite deliver on […]

Seyed Ali Alavi

Turkey