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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

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Trump Passive-Aggressive Offer to Meet Iranians Rebuffed b/c he is “Unreliable”

Trump Passive-Aggressive Offer to Meet Iranians Rebuffed b/c he is “Unreliable”

At a news conference Monday with the prime minister of Italy, Trump blurted out that he was willing to meet with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi:  Israelis should put Selves in My Place, Recover their Humanity

Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi: Israelis should put Selves in My Place, Recover their Humanity

Nabi Saleh (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi said Monday she was deeply changed by her eight-month sentence in an Israeli jail for […]

Joe Dyke

Israel
Israeli Author Yuval Noah Harari Refuses Honor, Protesting Nation-State Law

Israeli Author Yuval Noah Harari Refuses Honor, Protesting Nation-State Law

Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari has refused to be honoured by the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles, USA, in protest against Israel’s nation-state law. Harari, […]

Middle East Monitor

India
Right Wing Hindu Gov’t of India Strips 4 mn Muslims of Citizenship

Right Wing Hindu Gov’t of India Strips 4 mn Muslims of Citizenship

Guwahati, India (AFP) – India on Monday effectively stripped four million people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims from the […]

AFP

Government surveillance
'Quiet Skies': US Latest Spying Program on Unsuspecting Air Passengers

‘Quiet Skies’: US Latest Spying Program on Unsuspecting Air Passengers

The teams document whether passengers fidget, use a computer, have a “jump” in their Adam’s apple or a “cold penetrating stare,” among other behaviors, according […]

TeleSur

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Top 5 Things Released Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Learned in Colonial Israeli Prison

Top 5 Things Released Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Learned in Colonial Israeli Prison

Let’s donate to send Ahed Tamimi to Law School

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump & Dirty, Rotten Russian Money: Will it be his Downfall?

Trump & Dirty, Rotten Russian Money: Will it be his Downfall?

Washington, DC (Foreign Policy in Focus) – Russian money saved Trump when his projects were on the verge of collapse. Will it now be the […]

John Feffer

China
Trump has Launched a Trade War with China:  Why he will Lose

Trump has Launched a Trade War with China: Why he will Lose

When I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing’s major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story hotel. […]

Reese Erlich

Turkey
Turkey’s Erdogan Defies Trump over Sanctions Threat, Pastor, & Warns US Losing Ally

Turkey’s Erdogan Defies Trump over Sanctions Threat, Pastor, & Warns US Losing Ally

Ankara (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the US in comments published Sunday that sanctions would not force Ankara to “step back” after Donald […]

Raziye Akkoc

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