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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Syria: ISIL kills 220, mostly minority Druze, in Massive attacks on Southeast

Syria: ISIL kills 220, mostly minority Druze, in Massive attacks on Southeast

Southeast Syria is one of the Terrorist Group’s Last Enclaves

Rouba El Husseini

China
Tripolarity:  Are Trump, Putin & Xi Divvying up the World?

Tripolarity: Are Trump, Putin & Xi Divvying up the World?

The pundits and politicians generally take it for granted that President Trump lacks a coherent foreign policy. They believe that he acts solely out of […]

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How Trump has made Iran’s Rouhani a Hostage of the Hardliners

How Trump has made Iran’s Rouhani a Hostage of the Hardliners

Washington has effectively shut the door on new negotiations

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Donald Trump
"Reject the Evidence of your Ears:" Trump, Orwell, & Cohen Bunny Tape

“Reject the Evidence of your Ears:” Trump, Orwell, & Cohen Bunny Tape

Trump’s success stems in large part from his hucksterism, from his disregard for facts and his ability to pull the wool over the eyes of […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Fearful of Prince Bin Salman, Wealthy Saudis seek to Invest Abroad

Fearful of Prince Bin Salman, Wealthy Saudis seek to Invest Abroad

Wealthy Saudis are uneasy about investing their millions in the Kingdom due to the policies of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The purge ordered by […]

Middle East Monitor

UAE
Top UN Court Rebukes United Arab Emirates over Treatment of Qataris

Top UN Court Rebukes United Arab Emirates over Treatment of Qataris

The Hague (AFP) – The UN’s top court Monday ordered the United Arab Emirates to protect the rights of Qatari citizens, wading into a bitter […]

AFP

Iraq
Qatar plans Expansion of US-Leased Al-Udeid Airbase to Battle Extremists

Qatar plans Expansion of US-Leased Al-Udeid Airbase to Battle Extremists

Doha (AFP) – The US and Qatar plan to expand Al-Udeid airbase, the biggest military facility used by Washington in the Gulf as it battles […]

AFP

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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