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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Study: Miami, New Orleans Can’t Be Saved From Rising Sea Levels

Study: Miami, New Orleans Can’t Be Saved From Rising Sea Levels

GeoBeats News | – – “According to a recently published study, Miami, New Orleans, and a number of other US cities are already beyond the […]

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Balkans
Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban's Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe

Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban’s Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban not only continued to defend his anti-immigrant bigotry but went on […]

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Bernie Sanders
While Sanders Scores Small Donors, Clinton and Bush Buoyed by Wall Street

While Sanders Scores Small Donors, Clinton and Bush Buoyed by Wall Street

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org | – – In terms of support from financiers, ‘no other candidates came close to Clinton and […]

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Palestine
The anger of Palestine's 'lost' generation

The anger of Palestine’s ‘lost’ generation

By: Killian Redden | – Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A few weeks before an Israeli soldier shot him through the […]

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Afghanistan
Putin says Afghan Situation 'Close to Critical': Will he intervene there, Too?

Putin says Afghan Situation ‘Close to Critical’: Will he intervene there, Too?

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE / RL) | – – Russia has signaled its willingness to boost its involvement in Afghan security in a […]

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Iran
Will Iran's Alliance with Russia Strengthen its hand in Mideast?

Will Iran’s Alliance with Russia Strengthen its hand in Mideast?

By Nader Habibi and Harith Hasan Al-Qarawee | (The Conversation) | – – The sudden launch of Russia’s military operations in Syria late last month […]

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al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in Syria Leader: Kill Alawite Minority, Russians; Christians fear West Backs Him

Al-Qaeda in Syria Leader: Kill Alawite Minority, Russians; Christians fear West Backs Him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leader of al-Qaeda in Syria, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, has called for an escalation in attacks […]

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Afghanistan
Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – That figure stunned me. I found it in the 12th paragraph of a front-page New […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Read their lips:  Israeli leaders’ plans for the Palestinians

Read their lips: Israeli leaders’ plans for the Palestinians

By: Samah Sabawi | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – History in the Holy Land seems stuck in a loop. In 2000, former Israeli Prime […]

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