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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

IC Fundraising Appeal:  Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

10/07/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

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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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Israel
Gaza's 6-yros Struggle with Nightmares of the 3 Israeli Wars they've Already Experienced

Gaza’s 6-yros Struggle with Nightmares of the 3 Israeli Wars they’ve Already Experienced

Agence France Presse | — “Muntasser survived an Israeli strike on Gaza this summer which killed his young brother and three cousins. Five months later […]

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Climate Change
Did Drought and Climate Change cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014?

Did Drought and Climate Change cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The Middle East, from North Africa to Afghanistan, has seen an unusual number of governments collapse in recent […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Refugees in Turkey struggle to Cope with Frigid Winter

Syrian Refugees in Turkey struggle to Cope with Frigid Winter

CCTV | — “As budget shortfalls continue to plague UN relief agencies, the colder weather brings with it further challenges for the millions of Syrian […]

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film
Egypt Bans "Exodus: Gods and Kings", saying Jewish Slaves did not build Pyramids

Egypt Bans “Exodus: Gods and Kings”, saying Jewish Slaves did not build Pyramids

CNN | — “CNN’s Ian Lee reports that the reason why Egypt banned a Hollywood film — not the ban itself — has surprised many.” […]

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