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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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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Israel to Build 1,000 More Squatter Units on Usurped Palestinian Land

Israel to Build 1,000 More Squatter Units on Usurped Palestinian Land

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved plans for more than 1,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace Now NGO said, […]

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Iran
Trump Iran Sanctions Knee-Cap Baghdad's Recovery from ISIL Catastrophe

Trump Iran Sanctions Knee-Cap Baghdad’s Recovery from ISIL Catastrophe

(Middle East Monitor) – The Iraqi government is worried about US sanctions imposed on Iran, which seem to have a negative impact on the Iraqi […]

Middle East Monitor

China
As Trump dismantles American Power, China bids to Become Sole Superpower

As Trump dismantles American Power, China bids to Become Sole Superpower

(Tomdispatch.com) – As the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency and sixth of Xi Jinping’s draws to a close, the world seems to be witnessing […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Donald Trump
Unindicted Co-Conspirator again in White House: A Turning Point in American History

Unindicted Co-Conspirator again in White House: A Turning Point in American History

Historians will mark August 21, 2018, as a turning point in American history. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer pleaded guilty to 8 counts of criminal […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Guilty: Trump Campaign Head Manafort Hid Russian Millions in Foreign Bank Accounts

Guilty: Trump Campaign Head Manafort Hid Russian Millions in Foreign Bank Accounts

by W.G. Dunlop | – Alexandria (United States) (AFP) – Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort was found guilty of tax and bank fraud […]

AFP

Climate Change
Trump unleashes Coal, boosting Greenhouse Gases and deadly Global Heating

Trump unleashes Coal, boosting Greenhouse Gases and deadly Global Heating

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s administration announced a plan Tuesday to weaken regulations on US coal plants, giving a boost to an industry that […]

Ivan Couronne

Saudi Arabia
For 1st Time, Saudis Seek Death Penalty for Woman Shiite Activist

For 1st Time, Saudis Seek Death Penalty for Woman Shiite Activist

First Woman Facing Execution in Trials of Shia Protesters

Human Rights Watch

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Early Arabic Inscriptions and the Life of the Prophet: A new Source for History

Early Arabic Inscriptions and the Life of the Prophet: A new Source for History

Among the anecdotes told in the early biographies of the Prophet Muhammad is one about him being harassed by his immediate neighbors in Mecca, in […]

Juan Cole

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Trump's Remark that Israeli PM will be 'Mohammed' ignores how Apartheid Works

Trump’s Remark that Israeli PM will be ‘Mohammed’ ignores how Apartheid Works

In a conversation earlier this summer with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, the king told Trump about the possibility of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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