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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

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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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Trump: "US out of Syria 'Very Soon'"-- Quip or Policy Reversal?

Trump: “US out of Syria ‘Very Soon'”– Quip or Policy Reversal?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump in the course of a speech on infrastructure in Ohio, yesterday, observed that the US […]

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Trump’s Fascination with appointing War Criminals to High Office

Trump’s Fascination with appointing War Criminals to High Office

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – A barely noticed anniversary slid by on March 20th. It’s been 15 years since the United States committed the greatest war […]

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Can't get Fooled Again: Trump Appointees make him look like Bush 2.0

Can’t get Fooled Again: Trump Appointees make him look like Bush 2.0

Via Otherwords.org By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – – The president once distanced himself from the Bush legacy. Now he’s brought back the architects […]

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Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters

Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters

By Robyn J. Whitaker | (The Conversation) | – – I grew up in a Christian home, where a photo of Jesus hung on my […]

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Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s charm offensive in New York allegedly involved meeting Oprah Winfrey, […]

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Voters & Congress need to Stop Warmongers like Bolton via War Powers Act

Voters & Congress need to Stop Warmongers like Bolton via War Powers Act

By Sarah van Gelder | (Yes! Magazine) | – – A widespread show of support at the local level could embolden lawmakers toward a no-first-use […]

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Inside the US war in Yemen

Inside the US war in Yemen

By Reese Erlich | (48Hills.org) | – – The American military and complex Middle East politics create a horrible humanitarian crisis One of the most […]

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Kurds
A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin

A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin

By Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s capture of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria has added a new […]

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China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn't Nearly Enough

China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn’t Nearly Enough

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I am not a fundamentalist in any other area of life. But I am a carbon […]

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