Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Trump wouldn’t have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar, a refugee and a Somali-heritage Muslim woman who veils, has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s Fifth District […]
Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan announces Boycott of US Electronic Goods
Istanbul (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods in retaliation for punitive sanctions by Washington against Ankara […]
How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World
New York ( Tomdispatch.com) – American weapons makers have dominated the global arms trade for decades. In any given year, they’ve accounted for somewhere between […]
Saudi Women can Finally Drive, But are their Voices Being Heard?
By Nermin Allam | – Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban on women’s driving. The move is part of a series of […]
Defying Trump, Iraq’s PM walks Back Pledge to Boycott Iran, says will avoid Dollar Trade
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi caretaker prime minister Haidar al-Abadi on Monday walked back his pledge last week that Iraq would participate in the […]
Is the US-Turkish Military Alliance Doomed?
by Thomas WATKINS | – Washington (AFP) – The crisis in US-Turkish relations, which already has put Turkey’s economy under massive strain, also risks souring […]
Elon Musk says in Talks with Saudis on Taking Tesla Private
By Rob Lever | – Washington (AFP) – Tesla chief executive Elon Musk disclosed Monday that he was in talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth […]
UK Labour’s Corbyn Refutes Netanyahu’s Smears, Calls out Policy of Shooting Gaza Kids
London (Middle East Monitor) – Israel’s nation-state law discriminates against the country’s Palestinian minority, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Monday, Anadolu reports. Corbyn […]
Iran’s Khamenei Pledges No War with US, but Rejects Talks under Sanctions Shadow
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s supreme leader said Monday there would be neither war nor negotiations with the United States, and that the country’s problems were […]
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