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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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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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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 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
G20 conclude "Climate Change Summit:" Obama Pressures Australia as PM presents lonely defense of Coal

G20 conclude “Climate Change Summit:” Obama Pressures Australia as PM presents lonely defense of Coal

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra, (The Conversation) G20 nations have supported “strong and effective” action on climate change – but included some equivocal wording […]

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Apartheid
Thousands march in Bethlehem to mark Palestine Independence Day

Thousands march in Bethlehem to mark Palestine Independence Day

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Thousands marched in the streets of Bethlehem on Saturday to mark Palestinian Independence Day and the 10th anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Ban on Norwegian Humanitarian Dr. in Gaza spells 'trouble for gov't'

Israel’s Ban on Norwegian Humanitarian Dr. in Gaza spells ‘trouble for gov’t’

RT | — “Israel has permanently banned Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from entering Gaza. He told RT that he has become “a great problem for […]

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