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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

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Child Homelessness rising in US -- Red States wonder why they're the Worst

Child Homelessness rising in US — Red States wonder why they’re the Worst

ABC 15, AZ | — “Arizona ranks as one of the worst states for homeless children.” ABC 15 Arizona: “Increase in homeless children in the […]

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Iran
Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

By Hamid Zangeneh | — We have a few days left to the final deadline (Nov. 24 target date) for this round of negotiations between […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Battle for Worker’s Rights in Upcoming Legislation

Egypt’s Battle for Worker’s Rights in Upcoming Legislation

By Nehal Amer Over the past year Egypt has undergone harsh reforms in a narrowing sociopolitical environment. New legislation is rapidly being produced in the […]

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Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

By Juan Cole | — The Institute for Economics and Peace in the UK has released a report on terrorism in 2013, which it maintains […]

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Apartheid
"More Collective Punishment of Gaza":  Norwegian Dr. Denied Entrance to Gaza by Israelis

“More Collective Punishment of Gaza”: Norwegian Dr. Denied Entrance to Gaza by Israelis

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Norwegian physician who has volunteered in the medical field in the Gaza Strip repeatedly in recent years has been banned by […]

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History
Turkish President Alleges Muslims 'discovered' America before Columbus

Turkish President Alleges Muslims ‘discovered’ America before Columbus

Ruptly TV | — [ What follows is some crackpot theory completely divorced from reality… for another attempt at mystifying the Ottomans in the New […]

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Iraq
Yazidi Women Victimized by Daesh/ ISIL tell of Rape, Slavery, & their Resistance

Yazidi Women Victimized by Daesh/ ISIL tell of Rape, Slavery, & their Resistance

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org | — Three months ago, the extremist group known as the Islamic State kidnapped hundreds of women […]

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Economy
U2's Bono on 'Band Aid 30': Ebola is a 'political failure'

U2’s Bono on ‘Band Aid 30’: Ebola is a ‘political failure’

Channel 4 News | — “The spread of Ebola is “not a medical failure” – U2 lead singer Bono tells Channel 4 News political leaders […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Top 5 Ways Daesh/ ISIL is Losing, as it lashes out like a Cornered Rat

Top 5 Ways Daesh/ ISIL is Losing, as it lashes out like a Cornered Rat

By Juan Cole Daesh is what ISIL is called in the Middle East by the vast majority that doesn’t like it. It has not had […]

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