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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants

Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants

Sara Sanders complained on Twitter about not being served at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. WaPo reports that the owner, Stephanie Wilkinson, insisted […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
“We Want the Children Free!”  “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp

“We Want the Children Free!” “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp

A group of people held at the center had been separated from their children as part of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy

Javier Tovar

Iraq
In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity

In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr said they had formed an alliance in a bid to create a new government

AFP

Saudi Arabia
At Midnight, Riyadh Erupts in Cheers for Women Drivers–but Women Activists still in Jail

At Midnight, Riyadh Erupts in Cheers for Women Drivers–but Women Activists still in Jail

For many, the end of Saudi Arabia’s driving ban for women is a welcome step, but far from enough

Natacha Yazbeck

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The American March to Inequality: Why the UN Alston Report Alarms the Trump Plutocrats

The American March to Inequality: Why the UN Alston Report Alarms the Trump Plutocrats

The US would require a social revolution to even resemble France or Germany

Juan Cole

Immigration
US Navy Plans Detention Camps for Tens of Thousands of Immigrants on Remote Bases

US Navy Plans Detention Camps for Tens of Thousands of Immigrants on Remote Bases

The US Navy plans to build sprawling detention centers for tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases

AFP

Saudi Arabia
The Real Reason Saudi Arabi Lifted its Ban on Women Driving: Economic Necessity

The Real Reason Saudi Arabi Lifted its Ban on Women Driving: Economic Necessity

Odense (The Conversation) – After years of campaigning by women activists, on June 24 the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted. […]

Martin Hvidt

Climate Change
US Leaks 60 Percent more Heat-Trapping Methane than Government Says

US Leaks 60 Percent more Heat-Trapping Methane than Government Says

US industry emits some 13 million metric tons of climate-change inducing methane each year, said the findings published in the journal Science.

AFP

Children
#Bringbackourgirls: How Trump made the US into Boko Haram

#Bringbackourgirls: How Trump made the US into Boko Haram

One of the horrible practices of the radical group was stealing children from their parents and making them disappear into “social death”

Juan Cole

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