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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

09/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Trump unleashes Coal, boosting Greenhouse Gases and deadly Global Heating

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

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

First Woman Facing Execution in Trials of Shia Protesters

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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
Turkey's Economy has been Gliding for 16 Years but is it about to Crash?

Turkey’s Economy has been Gliding for 16 Years but is it about to Crash?

By Can Erbil and Umit Ozlale | – If you happen to be a tourist in Turkey right now, consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, things look […]

The Conversation

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Yemen:  Why is the US Helping Saudis Kill Children, Allying with al-Qaeda?

Yemen: Why is the US Helping Saudis Kill Children, Allying with al-Qaeda?

The Saudi and United Arab Emirates war on little Yemen, which was launched by Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman in March of 2015, has flown […]

Juan Cole

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