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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?

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Starving Yemen

Starving Yemen

By Helen Lackner | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – Is the forgotten war turning into a forgotten famine? What answers will we give when […]

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GOP finally shocked as Trump admits to being serial Groper of white women on Hot Mic

By TeleSur | – – Trump was caught using vulgar terms to refer to women he tried to seduce. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragged […]

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Saudi Airstrikes kill Hundreds of Civilians, maim hundreds at Yemeni Funeral

Saudi Airstrikes kill Hundreds of Civilians, maim hundreds at Yemeni Funeral

By TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia and 10 of its Middle East allies began their military offensive in Yemen with over 100 warplanes and […]

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Federal Israel-Palestine?  A Center-Left Israeli One State Solution

Federal Israel-Palestine? A Center-Left Israeli One State Solution

IBA News VOD | (Video Interview) | – – “Federation Movement Founder Emanuel Shahaf Explains One-state vision for Palestinian-Israeli peace.” IBA News VOD: “Federation Movement’s […]

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How Far will Americans take anti-Muslim Hate?  Making them wear Green Stars?

How Far will Americans take anti-Muslim Hate? Making them wear Green Stars?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The de facto criminalization of being Muslim or speaking Arabic, which is contrary to every core […]

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Iraq
The Graveyard of ISIL

The Graveyard of ISIL

By Mustafa Sadoun | Fallujah | ( Niqash.org) | – – NIQASH visits an ISIL cemetery in Fallujah and finds the hastily built, last resting […]

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Dear Donald Trump: I treat combat veterans with PTSD, and they are not weak

Dear Donald Trump: I treat combat veterans with PTSD, and they are not weak

By Joan Cook | (The Conversation) | – – Mr. Trump, there’s someone I’d like you to meet. Well, not one person per se, but […]

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Syria
The Other Aleppo:   A rare portrait of the Government-held Western City

The Other Aleppo: A rare portrait of the Government-held Western City

Channel Four News | (Video News Report) | – – “We have seen the tragedy of East Aleppo which is under siege and fierce bombardment […]

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Environment
Yemen & Dubai may be at War, but both are going Solar Big Time

Yemen & Dubai may be at War, but both are going Solar Big Time

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There is big news on the solar energy front, with the price of panels and installation […]

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