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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

12/18/2025 By ProPublica

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur  on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

12/18/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution:  An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution: An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

“No one should be surprised that the Iranian Revolution took a religious form.   The fact that God appears on almost every page does not reflect […]

Fariba Amini

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Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – US President Donald Trump’s remarks about his call with the king of Jordan and his suggestion that Amman should […]

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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica ) – On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities […]

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Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for Palestinian State and Int’l Law

Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for Palestinian State and Int’l Law

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The governments of “Belize, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Republic of Colombia, Republic of Cuba, Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, Republic of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
“I Didn’t Hear my Other Children Screaming:” A Family’s Horrific Losses in Gaza

“I Didn’t Hear my Other Children Screaming:” A Family’s Horrific Losses in Gaza

Belkis Wille Associate Director, Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division ( Human Rights Watch ) – “I would tell my husband I felt like it was […]

Human Rights Watch

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The growing Influence of Israel’s Ultranationalist Settler Movement

The growing Influence of Israel’s Ultranationalist Settler Movement

By Leonie Fleischmann, City St George’s, University of London (The Conversation) – Days after taking office, as he issued executive order after executive order to […]

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The Israelis Left behind  50 mn. Tons of Bomb-Infested Rubble in Gaza, as Hundreds of Thousands Stream Home

The Israelis Left behind 50 mn. Tons of Bomb-Infested Rubble in Gaza, as Hundreds of Thousands Stream Home

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli systemic destruction of civilian building infrastructure in Gaza generated over 50 million tons of debris by 1 December […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Red Sea Crisis:  Supply Chain Issues set to Continue Despite Gaza Ceasefire

Red Sea Crisis: Supply Chain Issues set to Continue Despite Gaza Ceasefire

By Gokcay Balci, University of Leeds | (The Conversation) – The world’s major shipping companies say they won’t be sending vessels back to the Red […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
An Act of National Suicide

An Act of National Suicide

( Tomdispatch.com ) – And that’s something we humans seem to have a genuine knack for these days. If you don’t believe me, just consider those […]

Tom Engelhardt

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