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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

TeleSur _ – – California is in its fifth year of a severe drought. While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lied to a crowd in […]

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Syrian Gov't Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

Syrian Gov’t Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian troops, aided by a Homs-based pro-government militia the ‘Falcons of the Desert’ and under the […]

Juan Cole

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Not the Onion:  US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

Not the Onion: US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

TeleSur | – – The Russian foreign minister said his Washington counterpart asked Moscow not to target the extremist groups out of fear of hitting […]

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Human Rights
UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia:  Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations

UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia: Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations

By Kristine Beckerle, Finberg Fellow | ( Human Rights Watch) | – – Every year, the United Nations secretary-general releases a “list of shame” of […]

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Bernie Sanders
Fueling Sanders' Turnout Hope, California Reports Record Surge of New Voters

Fueling Sanders’ Turnout Hope, California Reports Record Surge of New Voters

By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org | – – Said one energized supporter: ‘California loves a comeback story.’ Nearly 6,000 North Coast residents […]

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Sufi Boxer Muhammad Ali's last fight was against Extremism & Politicians' Islamophobia

Sufi Boxer Muhammad Ali’s last fight was against Extremism & Politicians’ Islamophobia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Boxer Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, on 17 January 1942, is dead […]

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Hillary Clinton roasts Donald Trump on Foreign Policy

Hillary Clinton roasts Donald Trump on Foreign Policy

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “During her foreign policy speech, Hillary Clinton roasts Trump’s ideas – or what she calls “bizarre rants.” […]

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Iraq
How The US, Iraqi Army And Shiite Militias United - Then Split - In Fallujah

How The US, Iraqi Army And Shiite Militias United – Then Split – In Fallujah

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Anti-extremist forces have been fighting in Fallujah for a week. But before they began, there […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s future is terrifying: Moshe Yaalon and Harbingers of Extremism

Israel’s future is terrifying: Moshe Yaalon and Harbingers of Extremism

By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Israeli society is constantly swerving to the right and, by doing so, the country’s entire […]

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