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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?

Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?

Farhang Jahanpour | ( Tehran Times | – – TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation

Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation

By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | – – Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely […]

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Climate Change
Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts

Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts

By John Church, Christopher Watson, Matt King, Xianyao Chen, and Xuebin Zhang | (The Conversation) | – – Contributions to the rate of global sea-level […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran

Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning […]

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Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank

Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank

TeleSur | – – Jared Kushner was an adviser to the Trump campaign and an employee at his own real estate company when the firm […]

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America’s Special Ops Perpetual World War

America’s Special Ops Perpetual World War

Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – The tabs on their shoulders read “Special Forces,” “Ranger,” “Airborne.” And soon their guidon — the […]

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Turkey's Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is 'Disrespectful'

Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’

TeleSur | – – Erdogan told journalists after Eid al-Fitr prayers that “It (the list of demands from Qatar’s neighbors to lift the ban) is […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Folly:  Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi's Crown Prince Knows It

Trump’s Folly: Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince Knows It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Crude oil prices are cratering, down 20% this year, in the biggest 6-month free fall in […]

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Climate Change
The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)

The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)

By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | – – Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are […]

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