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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?
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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Iran, Israel, the US, Russia, and China are interconnected by rumors of cyberattacks and sabotage By Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Marashi | – Braga, Portugal […]

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman

05/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources isn’t about the Climate

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources isn’t about the Climate

05/12/2025 By Joshua Frank

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Unenforced ICC Arrest Warrants are just Part of the wider Israel impunity Framework

Unenforced ICC Arrest Warrants are just Part of the wider Israel impunity Framework

Unenforced ICC arrest warrants are just part of the wider Zionist impunity framework ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will […]

Ramona Wadi

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Microplastics Hinder Plants’ Photosynthesis, threatening Massive Crop and Seafood Losses

Microplastics Hinder Plants’ Photosynthesis, threatening Massive Crop and Seafood Losses

By Jack Marley, The Conversation (The Conversation) – A graph I saw in high school appeared to show the Earth breathing. It was a graph […]

The Conversation

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CO2 in Atmosphere Higher than in 2 Million Years, with 2024 the Hottest Year Ever Recorded

CO2 in Atmosphere Higher than in 2 Million Years, with 2024 the Hottest Year Ever Recorded

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual report of the World Meteorological Organization concludes that in 2023, the latest year for which a complete analysis […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Middle Eastern Monarchies in Sudan’s War: what’s driving their Interests

Middle Eastern Monarchies in Sudan’s War: what’s driving their Interests

By Federico Donelli, University of Trieste (The Conversation) – The civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023 involves several external actors. The conflict […]

The Conversation

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Trump’s Shock and Awe:  Move Fast and Break Things

Trump’s Shock and Awe: Move Fast and Break Things

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, “shock and awe” is back in the second age of Donald Trump. His border czar, Tom Homan, used that very […]

Tom Engelhardt

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“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole

“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole

Peter Beinart in conversation with Juan Cole on Beinart’s book, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning”; Program in Arab and Muslim American […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

By Rachel Rosen, UCL and Mai Abu Moghli, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (The Conversation) – A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Free Online Films on Palestine

Free Online Films on Palestine

A colleague writes to the University of Michigan Academic Freedom Network: In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have […]

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Israel’s Renewed Gaza Genocide on Black Tuesday: 420 Dead (175 Children) and 540 Wounded

Israel’s Renewed Gaza Genocide on Black Tuesday: 420 Dead (175 Children) and 540 Wounded

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli airstrikes shattered the supposed ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, dropping heaving munitions […]

Juan Cole

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