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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 Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
It’s Not About ‘White Culture’

It’s Not About ‘White Culture’

By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – There’s no way to march with KKK members and Nazi flags in a non-hateful way. “I came […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?

Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?

By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | – – [N.B. The offensive against ISIL (Daesh) in Tal Afar began on Sunday. – JC] Intensive air raids, […]

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