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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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With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53

With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like a military organization, but it has always mixed military […]

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Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline

Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline

AJ+ | (video News Report) – – “We take you inside the resistance camp in North Dakota that’s protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, a 1,170-mile […]

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Environment
Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers

Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As we celebrate American workers (I prefer to honor workers today rather than the abstract “labor”), […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL

The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL

TeleSur | – – “There is substantial and growing evidence that white nationalism is enjoying a meaningful resurgence within the United States . . .” […]

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China
Most US Networks slight coverage as US & China join Paris Climate Accord in key Turning Point

Most US Networks slight coverage as US & China join Paris Climate Accord in key Turning Point

By Guy Dinmore | (Inter Press Service) | – – HONOLULU, Hawaii (IPS) – The world’s super-polluters – the United States and China – have […]

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Syria:  Can Russia & US Broker a new Cease-Fire?

Syria: Can Russia & US Broker a new Cease-Fire?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Stars and Stripes reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei […]

Juan Cole

Central Asia
The Plague of Karimov's Rule in Uzbekistan

The Plague of Karimov’s Rule in Uzbekistan

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The death of Islam Karimov, the president for life of Uzbekistan who came to power in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
EU condemns Israel's approval of 463 squatter housing units across Palestinian West Bank

EU condemns Israel’s approval of 463 squatter housing units across Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The European Union released a statement on Friday condemning an Israeli decision on Wednesday to approve […]

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Europe
ISIL's European Strategy

ISIL’s European Strategy

By Omar Ashour | ( Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – Terrorist attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates and sympathizers over the past year […]

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