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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Pakistan
Unease as Imran Khan invokes Blasphemy in Pakistan Election

Unease as Imran Khan invokes Blasphemy in Pakistan Election

Islamabad (AFP) – Pakistan’s politicians, including PM hopeful Imran Khan, are mainstreaming extremism by invoking hardline issues like blasphemy to get votes, analysts say, warning […]

Gohar Abbas

War
The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

Review of “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire” by Stephen Kinzer By the final decade of the 19th […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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"Hypocritical Clergymen"- How the Trump-Pompeo Slam of Iran Backfires

“Hypocritical Clergymen”- How the Trump-Pompeo Slam of Iran Backfires

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s rant against Iran on Sunday accused the leadership of that country of hoarding the country’s wealth, behaving like a mafia, […]

Juan Cole

Iran
“UNIMPRESSED”: Iran Throws Shade on Trump’s All-Caps Twitter Threat

“UNIMPRESSED”: Iran Throws Shade on Trump’s All-Caps Twitter Threat

Washington (AFP) – Tensions are mounting between Donald Trump and Iran — the US president’s raw tweet threatening Tehran was met Monday with a similarly […]

Jerome Cartillier

Israel/ Palestine
The Other Caged Kids: UN Rights Chief Calls out Israel on Palestinians

The Other Caged Kids: UN Rights Chief Calls out Israel on Palestinians

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The United Nations rights chief on Monday demanded that Israel either give more than 400 detained Palestinian children their […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Tightens Control of Palestinian E Jerusalem, with Trump's Blessing

Israel Tightens Control of Palestinian E Jerusalem, with Trump’s Blessing

(OpenDemocracy.net) – After Trump’s decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, Israel has gained its ally’s backing to go even further in its control […]

Ali Ghaith

Solar Energy
As UK hits 50% Renewables some Days, will a Huge new Solar Farm Change Everything?

As UK hits 50% Renewables some Days, will a Huge new Solar Farm Change Everything?

By Alastair Buckley | – Sheffield (The Conversation) – The largest solar power plant ever proposed in the UK will be reviewed by the secretary […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump and Iran’s Rouhani Threaten each other with the Mother of all Wars

Trump and Iran’s Rouhani Threaten each other with the Mother of all Wars

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In remarks Saturday to the Iranian foreign policy establishment in Tehran, President Hassan Rouhani gave some warnings to Donald Trump. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Thousands Rally against Discrimination toward Gays

Israel: Thousands Rally against Discrimination toward Gays

Tel Aviv (AFP) – Israelis demonstrated and held a one-day strike on Sunday to protest a law denying surrogacy to gay couples, with thousands attending […]

Andrea Bernardi

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