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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Pakistan
Anti-Corruption Sentiment Propels Sports Star Imran Khan to Victory in Pakistan

Anti-Corruption Sentiment Propels Sports Star Imran Khan to Victory in Pakistan

Islamabad (AFP) – Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan claimed victory Thursday in the country’s tense general election marred by allegations of “blatant” rigging […]

David Stout

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Cartoonist Fired over ‘Animal Farm’ Satire of Netanyahu’s Jim Crow Law

Israeli Cartoonist Fired over ‘Animal Farm’ Satire of Netanyahu’s Jim Crow Law

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Jerusalem Report, a biweekly magazine published by The Jerusalem Post, dismissed a freelance cartoonist for an illustration depicting Israeli Prime Minister […]

Maan News Agency

Houthi
Will attack on Saudi Tanker Expand Scope of Yemen War?

Will attack on Saudi Tanker Expand Scope of Yemen War?

With Anuj Chopra in Riyadh | – Dubai (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s halt to oil shipments through a strategic waterway after Yemeni rebel attacks could […]

Omar Hasan

Climate Change
Is America Sclerotic or still Youthful Enough to take on Imperial Presidency and Climate Change?

Is America Sclerotic or still Youthful Enough to take on Imperial Presidency and Climate Change?

There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late sixties, I was […]

Tom Engelhardt

astronomy and outer space
In turning point for Humanity, Scientists Discover a Large Lake on Mars

In turning point for Humanity, Scientists Discover a Large Lake on Mars

The next question is whether anything is living in it

Jonti Horner

Donald Trump
Cohen May be Sacrificing Trump for a Deal: Experts

Cohen May be Sacrificing Trump for a Deal: Experts

New York (AFP) – The dramatic leak of a taped conversation between Donald Trump and his longtime attorney signals an aggressive new strategy by Michael […]

Jennie Matthew

Syria
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 […]

Michael T. Klare

Donald Trump
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

Shahram Akbarzadeh

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