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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Child Survivors Describe Horrors of Peshawar School Massacre

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 […]

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Afghanistan
Desperate Pakistani Taliban, on the ropes, attack Army School in Peshawar: Large scale Casualties

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 […]

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Internet
Now that's Cold: Sydney Siege selfies provoke outrage at 'Terror Tourists'

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, […]

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Bill of Rights
"President Authorized Torture Techniques": Cheney and Rove throw Bush under the Bus

“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 […]

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Climate Change
The Sad Fate of Planet Earth:  Lima's COP20 showed World's Governments not Serious about fighting Climate Change

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 […]

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Islamic Jihad
Israeli forces thwart radical ‘suicide bombing’ planned by 5 suspects

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, […]

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The Banality of Terrorism: Sydney's other Hostage Crisis, of 1984

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 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Will Women bear the brunt of Climate Change and its Inequalities?

Will Women bear the brunt of Climate Change and its Inequalities?

By Susan McDade | (IPS) — UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Among all the impacts of climate change, from rising sea levels to landslides and flooding, […]

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Apartheid
Why Europe must stop blocking Palestinian membership of the Int'l Criminal Court

Why Europe must stop blocking Palestinian membership of the Int’l Criminal Court

Human Rights Watch | — Position paper from Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, Christian Aid, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, and […]

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