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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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Climate Change
Climate Emergency: Heat Trapping Gases make largest Jump in recorded history

Climate Emergency: Heat Trapping Gases make largest Jump in recorded history

TeleSur | (Informed Comment) | – – Carbon dioxide or CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have reached unprecedented high levels, a United Nations watchdog group […]

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Donald Trump
How Fox & Murdoch paved way for Putin Election Ploy

How Fox & Murdoch paved way for Putin Election Ploy

Reprint edn. Update: Reuters reports that “Facebook says 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts” By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – […]

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Archaeology
A mid-6th Century (Christian?) proto-Arabic Inscription from N. Arabia Mentioning Al-Ilah

A mid-6th Century (Christian?) proto-Arabic Inscription from N. Arabia Mentioning Al-Ilah

(Politically oriented readers of IC please excuse this reprint of a path-breaking but extremely technical discussion in Arabian religious and linguistic history. It is highly […]

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Corruption
Top Six  Trump Admin. Crimes that ought to bring Indictments

Top Six Trump Admin. Crimes that ought to bring Indictments

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. Jeff Sessions lied under oath, saying he never met with any Russian official during the […]

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Donald Trump
Rebuking Trump, IAEA Again Certifies Iran Compliance on Nuclear Deal

Rebuking Trump, IAEA Again Certifies Iran Compliance on Nuclear Deal

Zein Basravi | Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was in […]

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Donald Trump
What if Russia had Spec Ops on US Canadian Border? US Troops in E. Europe

What if Russia had Spec Ops on US Canadian Border? US Troops in E. Europe

By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “They are very concerned about their adversary next door,” said General Raymond Thomas, the head of […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Widespread theft of Palestinian olive harvest by Israeli Squatters

Widespread theft of Palestinian olive harvest by Israeli Squatters

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over the past few days, Israeli settlers have reportedly stolen the harvest of hundreds of Palestinian […]

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CIA
JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba

JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba

TeleSur | – – During a top-level meeting, U.S. officials warned against the possibility of it being traced back to the United States. The recently […]

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Barzani gambled it all and Lost-- Kurdistan Pres. ending Career

Barzani gambled it all and Lost– Kurdistan Pres. ending Career

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani has written a letter to the parliament of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government […]

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