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Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
Via Human Rights Watch | – – Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and […]
Isolated Saudi Arabia pivots to Asia; but will it spread Extremism There?
By Babak Mohammadzadeh | (The Conversation) | – – Capital cities across Asia spent the last month rolling out the red carpet for a rarely […]
Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on […]
What’s Cuba *Really* Like?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of […]
How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy Trump
The Atlantic | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is an unprecedentedly wealthy president, who owns or licenses his name to buildings, casinos, and […]
Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America
By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | – – Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with […]
Ghosts Of ISIL: While All Eyes are On Mosul, Extremists Return To Other Iraqi Provinces
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – – While Iraq’s pro-government forces battle on in Mosul, extremists are heading back to other provinces. Locals say […]
It is Comey who should be Investigated
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that his agency has since last summer been investigating the […]
Does Trump’s slashed Foreign Aid Budget give China the Advantage?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US foreign aid budget is not mainly about helping the poor. It is an instrument […]
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