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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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Radical White Terrorists committed Most 2017 Killings in US

Radical White Terrorists committed Most 2017 Killings in US

TeleSur | – – A report by the Anti-Defamation League shows that in 2017 the majority of murders in the U.S. were committed by right-wing, […]

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North Korea
A Second Korean War, this Time with Nukes?

A Second Korean War, this Time with Nukes?

( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Most people intuitively get it. An American preventive strike to wipe out North Korea’s nuclear bombs and ballistic missiles, or […]

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Afghanistan
12 Strong. The Inside Story on the Making of a (Refreshingly Accurate) Hollywood War Epic

12 Strong. The Inside Story on the Making of a (Refreshingly Accurate) Hollywood War Epic

By Brian Glyn Williams (with Julie Romei) | (Informed Comment) | – – When I received a phone call from a representative for famed producer […]

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Trump Admin Commits to Forever War in Syria against Iran

Trump Admin Commits to Forever War in Syria against Iran

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave a talk Wednesday at the right wing Hoover Institution that […]

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Palestine
Despite Challenges, Palestine Plans Solar Energy in 500 Schools

Despite Challenges, Palestine Plans Solar Energy in 500 Schools

TeleSur | – – While the U.S. and its leader dismiss climate change, the Palestinian government is endorsing renewable energy sources. Despite mounting pressure on […]

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Arab Spring
Tunisia is back on a knife edge – here's why

Tunisia is back on a knife edge – here’s why

By Pamela Abbott and Andrea Teti | (The Conversation) | – – While celebrating the seventh anniversary of the ousting of president Zine al-Abidine Ben […]

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Iran
Rouhani: Iran won’t allow unfair pressure on Qatar

Rouhani: Iran won’t allow unfair pressure on Qatar

Middle East Monitor | – – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that his country does not accept “unjustified and unfair pressure” exerted on the […]

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Donald Trump
As US throws Kurds under the Bus, Is Turkey preparing to invade Syria?

As US throws Kurds under the Bus, Is Turkey preparing to invade Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The BBC reports that Turkish armed forces are massed on the border with Syria in preparation […]

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