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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women
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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that an Israeli tank crew fired on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

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Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

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A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”

A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”

By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | – – COULD A CONTEMPORARY STORY of love and vengeance set in Turkey have its […]

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Afghanistan
Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?

Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?

By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills | – – What will 4,000 more US troops do that 100,000 troops couldn’t do before? On my first […]

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India
India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning 'Instant Divorce'

India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning ‘Instant Divorce’

TeleSur | – – Women’s rights activists view the ruling as a step toward granting Muslim women greater equality and justice. India’s Supreme Court has […]

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Dissent
Trump, the Magical WASP, Deepens Racial Divide again in Phoenix

Trump, the Magical WASP, Deepens Racial Divide again in Phoenix

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After another Stockholm Syndrome performance, on Afghanistan, where he gave the speech National Security Adviser H. […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Can we dodge a N. Korean War?  Trump and the Geopolitics of Crazy

Can we dodge a N. Korean War? Trump and the Geopolitics of Crazy

By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com —– Related video added by Juan Cole: North Korea Threatens ‘Merciless Retaliation’ Over U.S.-South Korean Drills, Threatens Guam | […]

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Afghanistan
Trump's Afghanistan Surge will Fail without Diplomacy, Anti-Corruption

Trump’s Afghanistan Surge will Fail without Diplomacy, Anti-Corruption

By Solaiman Fazel | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the campaign promise to distance himself from Afghanistan, President Trump has now publically taken ownership […]

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Displaced and Refugees
International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath

International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath

Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | – – A concerted effort by the international community to resolve Yemen’s war would see considerable benefits at a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel argues confiscation of occupied land benefits Palestinians

Israel argues confiscation of occupied land benefits Palestinians

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government defended the legality of the outpost “Regularization law” at the Israeli Supreme Court […]

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Afghanistan
Trump flip-flops on Afghanistan, opts for Years-long Quagmire

Trump flip-flops on Afghanistan, opts for Years-long Quagmire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 16-years-long Afghanistan War has bedeviled Washington decision-makers since the US invasion of fall, 2001, which […]

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