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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Egypt
Who are the ISIL Fighters in Egypt's Sinai, claiming to down Plane?

Who are the ISIL Fighters in Egypt’s Sinai, claiming to down Plane?

By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/RL ) | – – A [so-called] Islamic State [group] (IS) affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has claimed that it […]

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Climate Change
Fury as Probe Demanded into Exxon's Historic Climate Crime

Fury as Probe Demanded into Exxon’s Historic Climate Crime

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – A broad coalition of community groups along with prominent leaders from the nation’s top civil […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Forces shot 2600 Palestinians with live, rubber Bullets in October: Red Crescent

Israeli Forces shot 2600 Palestinians with live, rubber Bullets in October: Red Crescent

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 2,617 Palestinians with live and rubber-coated steel bullets through […]

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Democracy
Turkey election: Erdoğan and the AKP get majority back amid climate of violence and fear

Turkey election: Erdoğan and the AKP get majority back amid climate of violence and fear

By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | – – Turkey’s president, Recep Tayip Erdoğan, appears to have strengthened his grip on […]

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Egypt
Why ISIL is a Vast Exaggeration: & No, it can't Shoot down Planes

Why ISIL is a Vast Exaggeration: & No, it can’t Shoot down Planes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in the Sinai Peninsula made a big deal of claiming they shot down […]

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Republican Party
Dr. Ben Carson fears for his Life from Militant Liberals

Dr. Ben Carson fears for his Life from Militant Liberals

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Ben Carson has asked for Secret Service protection. He believes secular progressive hoards are […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Regime Market Bombing Kills 100: Don't Syrian Lives Matter?

Regime Market Bombing Kills 100: Don’t Syrian Lives Matter?

Majed Aboali | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Hospital workers in Syria, barely able to keep up with demand, are desperate to reduce […]

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Democracy
Turkey: Can a pro-Feminist, pro-Kurdish Party get out the Women's Vote?

Turkey: Can a pro-Feminist, pro-Kurdish Party get out the Women’s Vote?

By Mona Tajali | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The Turkish HDP’s egalitarian gender ideology played a key role in the election of a record number […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Abbas submits further files on Israeli Crimes to Int'l Criminal Court

Abbas submits further files on Israeli Crimes to Int’l Criminal Court

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Friday submitted additional files documenting Israeli violations of international law to […]

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