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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Saudi Arabia urged to end Yemen blockade: Fear of Unprecedented Famine, Disease

Saudi Arabia urged to end Yemen blockade: Fear of Unprecedented Famine, Disease

Cholera, starvation threaten Yemen under siege

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Le Pen Stripped of Immunity for Tweeting Gruesome IS Images

Le Pen Stripped of Immunity for Tweeting Gruesome IS Images

TeleSur | – – Circulating “violent messages that incite terrorism or pornography or seriously harm human dignity” is a crime punishable in France by up […]

Juan Cole

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Trump only president not invited to Paris Climate Summit

Trump only president not invited to Paris Climate Summit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Europe1 is reporting that French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that “for the moment” US head […]

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Can we survive Trump’s Rage-Based Iran Policy?

Can we survive Trump’s Rage-Based Iran Policy?

By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | – – Both his disciples and his detractors would probably agree that Trump speaks from the heart or […]

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Oil & Coal & Crop Burning turn Delhi into 'Gas Chamber' of Air Pollution

Oil & Coal & Crop Burning turn Delhi into ‘Gas Chamber’ of Air Pollution

The Watchers | – – The Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, as toxic smog engulfed Indian capital […]

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Robots & Autocrats: Saudi Arabia's Brave New World

Robots & Autocrats: Saudi Arabia’s Brave New World

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is on a mission to shake up Saudi Arabia, the most […]

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Treasury Sec. Mnuchin is just an Enforcer for the 0.1%

Treasury Sec. Mnuchin is just an Enforcer for the 0.1%

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin doesn’t exactly come across as the guy you’d want in your corner […]

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Saudi Official views Lebanon as "at war with us"

Saudi Official views Lebanon as “at war with us”

Riyadh’s struggle with Iran and Hizbullah sours relationship with Beirut

Juan Cole

Houthi
Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land access to Yemen

Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land access to Yemen

Move will worsen world’s worst Humanitarian Crisis

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