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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

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By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

IC Fundraising Appeal:  Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

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Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

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Did Turkish Pres. Erdogan Make a Historic mistake in dumping Peace Process with Kurds?

Did Turkish Pres. Erdogan Make a Historic mistake in dumping Peace Process with Kurds?

by **JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, with KUBILAY YADO ARIN UPDATE ON TUESDAY JULY 28: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Ankara […]

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Iran Deal:  The Calculus of Power in the Mideast just Changed Forever

Iran Deal: The Calculus of Power in the Mideast just Changed Forever

By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Don’t sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What […]

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Turkish Tanks Shell Syrian Kurds who expelled ISIL from Zur Maghar

Turkish Tanks Shell Syrian Kurds who expelled ISIL from Zur Maghar

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian Kurds and the British based Syrian Observatory said Monday that Turkish tanks had shelled the […]

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New Poll: Bernie Sanders Leads All Republican Front Runners including Trump

New Poll: Bernie Sanders Leads All Republican Front Runners including Trump

Thom Hartmann | (Video Report) | – – Bernie Sanders, who doesn’t play to the cheap seats, is racking up incredible poll numbers. Zaid Jilani […]

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Yemen:  Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW

Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW

Human Rights Watch | – – (Sanaa) – Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least 65 civilians, including 10 children, and wounded dozens in the […]

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Ban real-life Terminator Robots!  So say Hawking, Wozniak, Musk, Chomsky

Ban real-life Terminator Robots! So say Hawking, Wozniak, Musk, Chomsky

Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak, Elon Musk, Noam Chomsky and dozens of others have signed an open letter at The Future of Life Institute urging that […]

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Bahrain
After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell

After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell

By Thalif Deen | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The nuclear agreement concluded last week between Iran and six big powers, the United States, […]

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Islam
Jerusalem: Ultra-Right Israelis again invade Aqsa Mosque compound; UN condemns provocation

Jerusalem: Ultra-Right Israelis again invade Aqsa Mosque compound; UN condemns provocation

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Right-wing Israelis broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday for the second day in a […]

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Top Six Signs ISIL/ Daesh is Doomed

Top Six Signs ISIL/ Daesh is Doomed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been over a year since Mosul fell to Daesh (ISIS, ISIL). In some ways […]

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