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Iran Pres. Rouhani criticizes Hardliners, is slapped down by Revolutionary Guards
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Iran’s Guardians Council, long accused of being a tool for hard-liners in factional power struggles, is […]
Global Warming: Humans made California drought 15-20% worse by Burning Coal, Gas, Oil
By Park Williams | (The Conversation) | – – With each passing year, human-caused global warming bullies California for more water. Each year, the heat […]
Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan: Attacked by ISIL & Turkey; and Now Leaderless
Honar Hama Rasheed | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – As the issue of Iraqi Kurdistan’s vacant presidency heats up, delegations from the US, Turkey […]
Huge ISIL Blast at Cairo Security Bldg. Injures 29; Sisi Security Claims in Tatters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An enormous explosion damaged a building housing secret police in a northern district of Cairo (Shubra […]
Israel and the BDS debate: two scholars respectfully agree to differ
By Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis | (The Conversation) | – – From Australia, we watch Israel at a great distance, safe in the knowledge […]
“The Iranian Threat”: Who Is the Gravest Danger to World Peace?
By Noam Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Throughout the world there is great relief and optimism about the nuclear deal reached in Vienna […]
Trump Takes on the World
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It was 1972. The flamboyant rock star Alice Cooper, not quite a household name […]
No, AP, Iran doesn’t get to Inspect its own Nuclear Facilities under Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Eminent Iran and security expert Gary Sick pointed out in an email late Wednesday that the […]
Syria: Daesh/ ISIL Kills aged Archeologist who refused to reveal hidden Palmyra Antiquities
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “ISIS beheaded 82-year-old Khaled Al-Asaad on August 18, 2015, in the 2,000-year-old city he spent his life […]