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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?

U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org) | – – When our soldiers kill and die in wars we don’t know about and can’t end, we’re […]

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Scotland Wind Revolution: First Offshore floating Turbines power 20,000 Homes

Scotland Wind Revolution: First Offshore floating Turbines power 20,000 Homes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The BBC reports that five massive floating wind turbines off the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland […]

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Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions

Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions

By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – After clashes in northern Iraq this week, hundreds of fake pictures have flooded Iraqi social […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Heyla Selim | ( GlobalVoices.net ) | – – What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its […]

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Acidification of Oceans
It's up to You: Corporations won't save us from Global Heating

It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | – – While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also […]

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Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi was in Tehran on Thursday for consultations with the Iranian government […]

Juan Cole

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"Secret" JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

“Secret” JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

TeleSur | – – Nearly 3,000 documents previously kept secret are now in the process of being published online by the National Archive. As much […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Shalaw Mohammed | (Kirkuk) | (Niqash.org) | – – The countries that gave the Iraqi and Kurdish military rockets, vehicles and guns were concerned that […]

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olvies in the northern occupied West Bank district […]

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