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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Climate Change
China’s Big Clean-Up:  Asia’s Hope

China’s Big Clean-Up: Asia’s Hope

By Mark L. Clifford | (Author of The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia’s Environmental Emergency) – Asia sometimes feels like one […]

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Khamenei:  US invented nuclear Myth; Iran will Never Invade another Country

Khamenei: US invented nuclear Myth; Iran will Never Invade another Country

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The clerical leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, gave a speech on Sunday in which he urged that Iran […]

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European Union
700 Dead:  Is Europe's Neglect of Mediterranean Migrants a form of Genocide?

700 Dead: Is Europe’s Neglect of Mediterranean Migrants a form of Genocide?

By Heaven Crawley The latest refugee deaths in the Mediterranean – up to 700 people drowned when the overcrowded fishing vessel in which they were […]

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Bahrain
Should Formula 1 be held in Major Human Rights Violator Bahrain?

Should Formula 1 be held in Major Human Rights Violator Bahrain?

VICE News | – “Formula 1’s annual Bahrain Grand Prix opened April 17 to global fanfare, but demonstrators in the small Gulf kingdom off the […]

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Jabhat al-Nusra
Assad: Syria has 'no relation' with Hamas, will Never Trust it Again

Assad: Syria has ‘no relation’ with Hamas, will Never Trust it Again

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Syrian regime no longer has any relationship with former ally Hamas and will never trust the movement again, Syrian President Bashar […]

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Houthi
Yemen as War of Right-Wing Billionaire Establishment in the Middle East

Yemen as War of Right-Wing Billionaire Establishment in the Middle East

By Conn Hallinan | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen has more in common with 19th-century Europe than the 21st-century […]

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As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) A bombing that killed 3 people and wounded 10 on Saturday outside the US consulate in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, […]

Juan Cole

Iran
If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – ” Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks discusses what would happen if the United States decided to […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Shiite Gov't faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

Iraq: Shiite Gov’t faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Only a few hours after the start of the next big military campaign against the Islamic State […]

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