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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Apartheid
Lawyer: Palestinian children facing torture in Israeli jails

Lawyer: Palestinian children facing torture in Israeli jails

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian children are being beaten and tortured in a “heinous” way by Israeli soldiers during interrogation, a Palestinian Authority lawyer has said. […]

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Bashar al-Assad
US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels

US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Daesh (ISIL, ISIS), the murderous terrorist organization that has taken over the eastern desert of Syria and […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger 'No Soda For Terrorists'

United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger ‘No Soda For Terrorists’

Jose Marcelino Ortiz and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video) | — “United Airlines discriminated against Muslim passenger Tahera Ahmad following a request she made for […]

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Africa
Can Nigeria's new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?

Can Nigeria’s new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?

By Lisa Vives | — NEW YORK (IPS) – Muhammadu Buhari, his hand on the Holy Book, was sworn in as Nigeria’s president at an […]

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Antisemitism
Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today's Islam-Hatred?

Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today’s Islam-Hatred?

Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | – Recently, the head of the Dutch national police Gerard Bouman warned against the poison that was seeping into […]

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Israel
SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem

SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem

AJ+ | (Video) | – “It’s a city where women have been forced to sit at the back of buses. Now Israel’s women are demanding […]

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Bill of Rights
Thank you, Edward Snowden:  An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires

Thank you, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The US government behemoth dedicated to spying on us all in contravention of the Constitution will likely be […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh

Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh

Press TV | (Video) — Reports coming out of Iraq suggest that government forces have managed to recapture a 5-kilometer area in the west of […]

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Iraq
Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism in Disgust at ISIL/ Daesh?

Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism in Disgust at ISIL/ Daesh?

By Alaa Latif | (Niqash.org) The small, ancient religion of Zoroastrianism is being revived in northern Iraq. Followers say locals should join because it’s a […]

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