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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Displaced and Refugees
100,000 Yemenis displaced by Saudi-led Coastal Offensive, with Millions on edge of Famine

100,000 Yemenis displaced by Saudi-led Coastal Offensive, with Millions on edge of Famine

Amnesty International warns that “the worst could be yet to come”

AFP

Iraq
Why Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shocking Victory in Iraq Elections isn’t that Shocking

Why Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shocking Victory in Iraq Elections isn’t that Shocking

Iraq’s Election Winner Just Giving The People What They Wanted

Mustafa Habib

Donald Trump
How Trump's 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy

How Trump’s 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy

We are facing an incremental dismantling of our institutions

Karen J. Greenberg

Islamophobia
Islamophobia, Inc.: Sinister Billionaires and White Nationalists breed Hate (Documentary)

Islamophobia, Inc.: Sinister Billionaires and White Nationalists breed Hate (Documentary)

An investigation reveals the tactics various groups use to instigate a fear of Islam

Al Jazeera English

Donald Trump
When Trump calls Latinos "Animals," should we hear echoes of the SS's Undermen?

When Trump calls Latinos “Animals,” should we hear echoes of the SS’s Undermen?

It’s an ugly epithet with a dark history

Juan Cole

Iran
How Trump's Violation of nuclear deal will hurt Iran's dissenters and activists

How Trump’s Violation of nuclear deal will hurt Iran’s dissenters and activists

The US’s unilateral withdrawal is a boost to Iran’s image and will help its government keep much of its civil society in line

Omid Shams

Poverty
Seattle Approves Tax on Amazon, Starbucks and Big Firms to Tackle Homelessness

Seattle Approves Tax on Amazon, Starbucks and Big Firms to Tackle Homelessness

The council expects to collect about US$48 million a year, which would be used for pay for affordable housing programs and homeless services

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine
Canada’s Trudeau calls for inquiry into Israeli Killings in Gaza

Canada’s Trudeau calls for inquiry into Israeli Killings in Gaza

Reported use of excessive force and live ammunition is inexcusable, Canadian PM says

AFP

Pentagon
Blowback Machine: How our forever Wars are opening the Gates of Hell

Blowback Machine: How our forever Wars are opening the Gates of Hell

The costs of America’s wars, still spreading in the Trump era, are incalculable

Tom Engelhardt

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