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UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia
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UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia

Juan Cole

The bad news is that in October and November 2025, “the majority of the population continued to face high levels of acute food insecurity

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1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes

1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes

12/20/2025 By The Conversation

Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes

Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes

12/20/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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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

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Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

Grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia

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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

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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

Donald Trump
Trump widens the cracks in world order’s foundations

Trump widens the cracks in world order’s foundations

Trump has shown his disdain for organizations where American leadership was once a given

Aurelia End

Donald Trump
G7 Views Trump's US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a "G6" Memo

G7 Views Trump’s US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a “G6” Memo

Trump’s 17th century mercantilist trade policies are making the United States the skunk at the party at the G7 meet in Quebec on Friday

Juan Cole

Iraq
Widespread Fraud?  Iraq Elections upended as Parliament Orders Full Recount of 11 Million Votes

Widespread Fraud? Iraq Elections upended as Parliament Orders Full Recount of 11 Million Votes

By Omar al-Kateb Baghdad (AFP) – Iraq’s parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw […]

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When "Infinite War" becomes a Gravy Train in the United States of Amnesia

When “Infinite War” becomes a Gravy Train in the United States of Amnesia

We’re repeating the Costly Mistakes of WW I Today

Andrew J. Bacevich

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