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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

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

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

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

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If Jeb Bush Is In, Who Will Win Wall Street's Money?

If Jeb Bush Is In, Who Will Win Wall Street’s Money?

Bloomberg Business | — “Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle and John Heilemann talk cash and 2016 prospects. Bloomberg Politics leads Bloomberg’s political coverage across all platforms: Web, […]

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Apartheid
Europe Must follow Through on votes in Favor of Palestine Recognition

Europe Must follow Through on votes in Favor of Palestine Recognition

By John V Whitbeck European parliamentary resolutions urging their governments to recognise the State of Palestine must be followed by actual recognitions of the State […]

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Christianity
No more Turning the Cheek: Assyrian Christians form Militia in Syria to fight al-Qaeda

No more Turning the Cheek: Assyrian Christians form Militia in Syria to fight al-Qaeda

Middle East Eye | — “The Syriac Military Council (MFS) was established in January 2013 to protect the marginalised Assyrian Christian communities in Syria. They […]

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FATA
3 Problems Pakistani Politics has to Resolve after Grisly School Attack

3 Problems Pakistani Politics has to Resolve after Grisly School Attack

By Juan Cole | — Pakistan politics has been mired in stagnation for some time now. In September of 2013, Pakistan undertook the first successful […]

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Afghanistan
Even Other Terrorists Denounce Taliban School Attacks In Pakistan

Even Other Terrorists Denounce Taliban School Attacks In Pakistan

Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) | — “”In one of the worst terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s history, militants belonging to the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday […]

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History
‘The Struggle for Pakistan’ (Ayesha Jalal)

‘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 […]

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Central Asia
China's Pivot toward Europe may Cut USA out of Deal

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 […]

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FATA
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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