Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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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 […]
Multi-Cultural Crowd Rallies in Tel Aviv against Likud Apartheid Law
“The most excluded and oppressed group in Israel, and the one most seriously harmed by the nation-state law, proudly made its voice heard in the city square”
Farmers in War-Torn Afghanistan Hit by Worst Drought in Decades
With Emal Haidary | – Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) (AFP) – After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined […]
France to set Penalties on Plastic Waste, Ban Straws
Paris (AFP) – France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled […]
Saudi Arabia’s Arrest of Women’s Rights Activists puts it on Wrong Side of History
From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable
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