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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

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Will GOP Senate Hawks Deep-Six CIA Torture Report, push Ukraine Intervention?

Will GOP Senate Hawks Deep-Six CIA Torture Report, push Ukraine Intervention?

By Luke Johnson (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON — Republicans have captured control of the U.S. Senate for the first time in eight years, picking up at least […]

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Republican Party
If Orwell had had a "Ministry of Science" it would look Like GOP Science Committees

If Orwell had had a “Ministry of Science” it would look Like GOP Science Committees

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks: “”The Republican Party is widely predicted to win control of the Senate as a result of today’s midterm elections. In […]

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Islam
Amid Jerusalem Clashes, Israeli Housing Minister Claims al-Aqsa Site,  Declaring War on 1.5 bn Muslims

Amid Jerusalem Clashes, Israeli Housing Minister Claims al-Aqsa Site, Declaring War on 1.5 bn Muslims

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation and several others were injured by stun grenades, shrapnel and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in […]

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Barack Obama
Top 5 Reasons Obama is Seeking Congressional Approval for War on ISIL

Top 5 Reasons Obama is Seeking Congressional Approval for War on ISIL

By Juan Cole President Obama said Wednesday that he would seek Congressional authorization for his war on ISIL or the “Islamic State” Group in Iraq […]

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Inequality
How Secret Millionaire Donors Bought the Midterms with Dark Money Superpacs

How Secret Millionaire Donors Bought the Midterms with Dark Money Superpacs

by Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica In the final weeks before this year’s elections, a super PAC called Key Questions, Key Answers started buying TV ads across […]

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Militarization
The Pressure to Escalate:  How Washington governs by Whipping up Paranoia

The Pressure to Escalate: How Washington governs by Whipping up Paranoia

By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch.com Sometimes it seemed that only two issues mattered in the midterm election campaigns just ended.  No, I’m not talking about […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Is a Showdown between Radical Shiites and al-Qaeda Brewing in Yemen?

Is a Showdown between Radical Shiites and al-Qaeda Brewing in Yemen?

SANAA (IRIN) – Yahia Abu Talib, serious and stoic, is in no doubt about the importance of his role. “We protect homes and mosques,” he […]

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Human Rights
Iran Jails Woman for trying to Watch Men's Volleyball Match

Iran Jails Woman for trying to Watch Men’s Volleyball Match

Channel 4 News “A court in Iran has sentenced a British-Iranian woman to a year in prison because she tried to go to a men’s […]

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Barack Obama
How a Republican Congress could Entangle the US further in the Middle East

How a Republican Congress could Entangle the US further in the Middle East

By Juan Cole The midterm elections in a president’s second term have historically been a time when the president’s party lost seats in both houses […]

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