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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 (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

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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Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The UN Security Council yesterday voted down an Arab League resolution on Palestine that would have called for […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
We have so much to Learn from Cuba

We have so much to Learn from Cuba

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr In this column, Robert F. Kennedy – son of Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy […]

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Egypt
Egypt's 2014 Thermidor:  The Counter-Revolution Wins Out

Egypt’s 2014 Thermidor: The Counter-Revolution Wins Out

By Simon Mabon and Lucia Ardovini | (The Conversation) — It was a year of huge transition for Egypt. Gone was the Muslim Brotherhood, in […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Yemen in 2014:  1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov't, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?

Yemen in 2014: 1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov’t, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?

SANAA, December 2014 (IRIN) — After a negotiated transfer of power agreed in early 2012, the annual death toll dropped to about 1,100 and nearly […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Yezidis return home to find Mass Graves, Daesh/ISIL Massacres

Iraq: Yezidis return home to find Mass Graves, Daesh/ISIL Massacres

Euronews | — “Yazidi refugees from the Iraqi village of Hardan returned to their homes for the first time on Tuesday after being driven out […]

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The Year Iraq Ceased to Exist:  Will it ever Again?

The Year Iraq Ceased to Exist: Will it ever Again?

In 2014, Iraq was said to lose 42% of its territory to Daesh (the Arabic acronym for what our press calls ISIS or ISIL). This […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
"Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica's ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities"

“Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica’s ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities”

NOVA | (PBS) — “Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But […]

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Economy
Gap between Wealthy and everyone else in USA is now Insane

Gap between Wealthy and everyone else in USA is now Insane

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “”The wealthy are getting wealthier. As for everyone else, no such luck. A report released on Wednesday by […]

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Copts
Dissident Youth, Facing Military-Media Crackdown, begin new Exodus from Egypt

Dissident Youth, Facing Military-Media Crackdown, begin new Exodus from Egypt

By Muhammad Moneib | (Your Middle East) — “A lot of posts share tips and tricks about finding a legal way out of Egypt” Perfectly […]

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