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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Iraq
In Iraq, some Sunni refugees' bulwark against ISIL is . . . the Gated Community

In Iraq, some Sunni refugees’ bulwark against ISIL is . . . the Gated Community

Kamal al-Ayash | Fallujah | (Niqash.org) | – – Families who fled the [so-called] Islamic State [group] have found new homes in a residential complex […]

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Human Rights
Saudi Arabia: Prominent Shia Cleric dead in largest mass execution since 1980

Saudi Arabia: Prominent Shia Cleric dead in largest mass execution since 1980

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Saudi authorities carried out the largest mass execution in the country since 1980, putting 47 men to […]

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Iraqi Shiites up in Arms, claim Saudi "Spying on behalf of ISIL/Daesh"

Iraqi Shiites up in Arms, claim Saudi “Spying on behalf of ISIL/Daesh”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia’s execution on Saturday of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr Baqir al-Nimr has so far not […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Do Drug Gangs in Mexico kill more than ISIL? & other Big Security threats that will Surprise You

Do Drug Gangs in Mexico kill more than ISIL? & other Big Security threats that will Surprise You

By Natasha Ezrow | (The Conversation) | – – This has been a remarkably violent year – and many of the worst threats to human […]

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Far Right
White Oregon Terrorists mocked: YeeHaw-dists, Y'all-Qaeda

White Oregon Terrorists mocked: YeeHaw-dists, Y’all-Qaeda

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “A group of armed men took over a building on federal land in remote western Oregon. They’ve been […]

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Syria
Syrian Peace Groups: This is not a Civil War, it is a Set of Foreign Invasions

Syrian Peace Groups: This is not a Civil War, it is a Set of Foreign Invasions

By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) |- – BELFAST (IPS) – In November 2015 I visited Syria together with an International Peace delegation. This […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Vatican: Historic Accord with Palestine Takes Effect

Vatican: Historic Accord with Palestine Takes Effect

By IMEMC | – – The Vatican’s first accord with the Palestinians — an agreement that Israel has attacked as counter-productive to the Middle East […]

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Acidification of Oceans
The Question isn't of Saving the World via Renewables but of how Much can be Saved

The Question isn’t of Saving the World via Renewables but of how Much can be Saved

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Humanity is not abandoning fossil fuels fast enough to avoid some massive changes to our world’s […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Executes Top Shia Cleric Nimr Al Nimr Under “Terrorism” Charges

Saudi Arabia Executes Top Shia Cleric Nimr Al Nimr Under “Terrorism” Charges

By Amira Al Hussaini | ( GlobalVoices.org) Saudi Arabia announced today it had executed 47 people under “terrorism” charges, including top shia cleric Nimr Al […]

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