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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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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

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“Reject the Evidence of your Ears:” Trump, Orwell, & Cohen Bunny Tape

Trump’s success stems in large part from his hucksterism, from his disregard for facts and his ability to pull the wool over the eyes of […]

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Fearful of Prince Bin Salman, Wealthy Saudis seek to Invest Abroad

Fearful of Prince Bin Salman, Wealthy Saudis seek to Invest Abroad

Wealthy Saudis are uneasy about investing their millions in the Kingdom due to the policies of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The purge ordered by […]

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Top UN Court Rebukes United Arab Emirates over Treatment of Qataris

Top UN Court Rebukes United Arab Emirates over Treatment of Qataris

The Hague (AFP) – The UN’s top court Monday ordered the United Arab Emirates to protect the rights of Qatari citizens, wading into a bitter […]

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Qatar plans Expansion of US-Leased Al-Udeid Airbase to Battle Extremists

Qatar plans Expansion of US-Leased Al-Udeid Airbase to Battle Extremists

Doha (AFP) – The US and Qatar plan to expand Al-Udeid airbase, the biggest military facility used by Washington in the Gulf as it battles […]

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Unease as Imran Khan invokes Blasphemy in Pakistan Election

Unease as Imran Khan invokes Blasphemy in Pakistan Election

Islamabad (AFP) – Pakistan’s politicians, including PM hopeful Imran Khan, are mainstreaming extremism by invoking hardline issues like blasphemy to get votes, analysts say, warning […]

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The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

Review of “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire” by Stephen Kinzer By the final decade of the 19th […]

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"Hypocritical Clergymen"- How the Trump-Pompeo Slam of Iran Backfires

“Hypocritical Clergymen”- How the Trump-Pompeo Slam of Iran Backfires

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s rant against Iran on Sunday accused the leadership of that country of hoarding the country’s wealth, behaving like a mafia, […]

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“UNIMPRESSED”: Iran Throws Shade on Trump’s All-Caps Twitter Threat

“UNIMPRESSED”: Iran Throws Shade on Trump’s All-Caps Twitter Threat

Washington (AFP) – Tensions are mounting between Donald Trump and Iran — the US president’s raw tweet threatening Tehran was met Monday with a similarly […]

Jerome Cartillier

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