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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Displaced and Refugees
20,000 Civilians Trapped in besieged ISIL capital: “The Worst Place on Earth”

20,000 Civilians Trapped in besieged ISIL capital: “The Worst Place on Earth”

By Roshni Majumdar | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 2017 (IPS) – The battle to reclaim Raqqa, the de facto […]

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Afghanistan
US Prepares for More Airstrikes in Afghanistan

US Prepares for More Airstrikes in Afghanistan

TeleSur | – – The number of U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan has already dramatically spiked since Trump took office in January. Fighter pilots at the […]

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Is Israel's Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?

Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the ear of visiting UN secretary general Antonio Guterres with […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid

Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Ted Cruz, who voted against a relief package for states impacted by Hurricane Sandy, […]

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Donald Trump
White Supremacists Joked About Using Cars to Run Over Opponents Before Charlottesville

White Supremacists Joked About Using Cars to Run Over Opponents Before Charlottesville

By George Joseph | ProPublica | – – Nearly a month before a car driven by an alleged neo-Nazi plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, […]

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Climate Change
The worst flooding disaster in Recorded US history?

The worst flooding disaster in Recorded US history?

The Watchers | – – Category 4 Hurricane "Harvey" made landfall around 03:00 UTC on Saturday, August 26, at Rockport, Texas with winds of 215 […]

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Climate Change
Top 5 ways Man-made Climate Change made Hurricane Harvey much Worse

Top 5 ways Man-made Climate Change made Hurricane Harvey much Worse

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at IC wish all those […]

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Donald Trump
Was Hate's Reach into US Public Extended by Internet?

Was Hate’s Reach into US Public Extended by Internet?

James E. Hawdon | (The Conversation) | – – Extremism has always been with us, but the internet has allowed ideas that advocate hate and […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Barcelona: Nearly 500K march for Peace, against Islamophobia

Barcelona: Nearly 500K march for Peace, against Islamophobia

TeleSur | – – Marchers, on Saturday, displayed signs and banners with various slogans. Some read, “No to Islamophobia,” “The best response: Peace,” and “I’m […]

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