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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: […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Yemen
Saudi-led Attack on Yemen's Hudaydah Port Could Cost 250,000 Lives: UN

Saudi-led Attack on Yemen’s Hudaydah Port Could Cost 250,000 Lives: UN

Clashes between troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthis intensified near Yemen’s Hudaydah over the weekend

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Israel/ Palestine
Amid Gaza Health Crisis, Israeli Army Shoots Medical Workers in Demonstrations

Amid Gaza Health Crisis, Israeli Army Shoots Medical Workers in Demonstrations

Gaza Heath Crisis Reaches All Its Residents

Michelle Lonnquist

Climate Change
Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil:  You're Going to Hell if You don't Go Green

Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil: You’re Going to Hell if You don’t Go Green

Pope Francis on Saturday forthrightly reminded Big Oil that climate change is a moral issue

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Election Winner Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Militias to Disarm

Iraq Election Winner Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Militias to Disarm

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Friday for a nationwide disarmament campaign and announced his Baghdad stronghold would be first to disarm

Middle East Monitor

Immigration
Nearly 1800 Families Separated At US Border In Just 17 Months

Nearly 1800 Families Separated At US Border In Just 17 Months

Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year

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China
With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council

With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council

China’s regional security summit with Iran and Russia stood in stark contrast to the contentious G7

Becky Davis

Environment
Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

Grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia

Jenny Vaughan

Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem Day: Israeli Soldiers  Harm 525 Palestinians at Gaza Rally

Jerusalem Day: Israeli Soldiers Harm 525 Palestinians at Gaza Rally

At least 525 Palestinians have been wounded on the Gaza border by Israeli occupation forces

Middle East Monitor

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Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain was the only major American celebrity who succeeded in depicting publicly the Palestinians as rational, caring human beings

Juan Cole

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