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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

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Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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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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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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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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Trying to out-Trump Trump, Huckabee goes all Holocaust on Obama's Iran Deal

Trying to out-Trump Trump, Huckabee goes all Holocaust on Obama’s Iran Deal

CBSN | (Video News Report) | “After weeks of controversial remarks, GOP primary candidate Donald Trump is still leading in the polls while other candidates […]

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Syria Civil War leaves Civilians with Water Cut-offs, Raw Sewage in Rivers

Syria Civil War leaves Civilians with Water Cut-offs, Raw Sewage in Rivers

By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Caught in the grips of a summer heat-wave, in a season […]

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Human Rights
Jerusalem: Israeli forces, extremist Jews, storm Aqsa mosque compound

Jerusalem: Israeli forces, extremist Jews, storm Aqsa mosque compound

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday morning firing stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Muslim worshipers as they cleared […]

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Turkey's new "war on terror" mainly targeting Kurds

Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What was at first announced as a new Turkish turn toward attacks on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) […]

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