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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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BB King R.I.P.:  "When the Saints go Marching In"

BB King R.I.P.: “When the Saints go Marching In”

BB King | “When the Saints go Marching In” R.I.P.

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Christianity
Palestinians welcome Pope's Recognition of their State

Palestinians welcome Pope’s Recognition of their State

By Juan Cole The Arabic press widely and favorably reported the news that the Vatican has recognized Palestine as a state in a new treaty […]

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Islam
Over 40 Ismaili Shiites shot down by Sunni Extremists in Pakistan

Over 40 Ismaili Shiites shot down by Sunni Extremists in Pakistan

BBC | – “Dozens of people are thought to have died after an attack by gunmen on a bus in Karachi. They surrounded the bus, […]

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Barack Obama
Obama greenlights Shell’s Arctic drilling, tarnishing his climate legacy

Obama greenlights Shell’s Arctic drilling, tarnishing his climate legacy

The Tree | — President Barack Obama’s reputation as a climate leader took a hit on Monday when his administration gave its blessing for Shell […]

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Displaced and Refugees
How Europe's Post-Revolution Abandonment of Libya led to Mediterranean Crisis

How Europe’s Post-Revolution Abandonment of Libya led to Mediterranean Crisis

By Ioannis Chapsos | (The Conversation) | – Libya has been in a state of chaos ever since the fall of its former dictator, Muammar […]

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Apartheid
Obama: Palestinians deserve end to indignity of occupation

Obama: Palestinians deserve end to indignity of occupation

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — President Barack Obama says the United States is “taking a hard look” at its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, telling an Arabic […]

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Bush
Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — Jeb Bush’s people are trying to walk back his disastrous interview with Megyn Kelly in which he […]

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Afghanistan
Farkhunda is Our Sister:  A "Martyr" to women and the Making of a New Afghanistan?

Farkhunda is Our Sister: A “Martyr” to women and the Making of a New Afghanistan?

By Ann Jones | (Tomdispatch.com) | — I went to Kabul, Afghanistan, in March to see old friends.  By chance, I arrived the day after […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian "Proxies"?  What does that even Mean?

Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian “Proxies”? What does that even Mean?

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) — A 2014 al-Monitor headline declared “Yemen’s Houthis Proxy, not Ally for Iran” but then neglected to explain the […]

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