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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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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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Yemen: Fierce fighting in Lead-up to Saudi Ceasefire, Children at risk of Starvation

Yemen: Fierce fighting in Lead-up to Saudi Ceasefire, Children at risk of Starvation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Heavy fighting continued in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, despite the agreement reached between Houthi rebels and […]

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