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 […]
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‘The Struggle for Pakistan’ (Ayesha Jalal)
By Joseph Richard Preville and Julie Poucher Harbin (ISLAMiCommentary) Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville| — Pakistan is a nation with a strong […]
China’s Pivot toward Europe may Cut USA out of Deal
By Pepe Escobar | (Tomdispatch.com) — November 18, 2014: it’s a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of […]
Child Survivors Describe Horrors of Peshawar School Massacre
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal | — [Written by Michael Scollon, based on reporting from Peshawar by RFE/RL Radio Mashaal correspondent Zaland Yousufzai (RFE/RL) ] Islamist […]
Desperate Pakistani Taliban, on the ropes, attack Army School in Peshawar: Large scale Casualties
By Juan Cole | — On Tuesday, six members of the Movement of Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP) invaded a school for children […]
Now that’s Cold: Sydney Siege selfies provoke outrage at ‘Terror Tourists’
RT | — “While Sydney cafe siege continues, some people have decided to use the opportunity…to take some selfies. Pictures have emerged on social networks, […]
“President Authorized Torture Techniques”: Cheney and Rove throw Bush under the Bus
Cenk Uygur “The Young Turks” | — “”Former President George W. Bush knew about and authorized the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques, such as […]
The Sad Fate of Planet Earth: Lima’s COP20 showed World’s Governments not Serious about fighting Climate Change
By Roberto Savio ROME (IPS) – It is now official: the current inter-governmental system is not able to act in the interest of humankind. The […]
Israeli forces thwart radical ‘suicide bombing’ planned by 5 suspects
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s army and Shin Bet agency on Monday said they had thwarted a suicide bombing planned by five Palestinian suspects from Tulkarem, […]
The Banality of Terrorism: Sydney’s other Hostage Crisis, of 1984
By Juan Cole | — IC doesn’t usually cover hostage-taking, since it is an artificial and manipulative criminal act. Any two-bit thug can grab someone […]
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