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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Israelis again impose Collective punishment on Palestinians of Gaza

Israelis again impose Collective punishment on Palestinians of Gaza

On finding a tunnel from the Gaza Strip into Israel, the Israeli government has again blockaded the strip from receiving shipments of basic building materials.. […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Club Dead: EU immigration laws turning Mediterranean into Graveyard- Malta PM

Club Dead: EU immigration laws turning Mediterranean into Graveyard- Malta PM

Malta’s prime minister Joseph Muscat said Saturday that the European Union’s inaction on immigration reform is turning the Mediterranean into a graveyard. UPI quotes him […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Snowden: Federal Spying makes us Less Secure

Snowden: Federal Spying makes us Less Secure

Supporters of massive National Security Agency domestic and international electronic surveillance of millions of innocent civilians justify it on the grounds that it makes us […]

Juan Cole

Drones
US Drone strikes Continue in Pakistan despite PM Nawaz Sharif’s UN Protest (Serle)

US Drone strikes Continue in Pakistan despite PM Nawaz Sharif’s UN Protest (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism The CIA launched four attacks [on Pakistan in September] – the second most attacks in one […]

Juan Cole

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Ban Coal: Super Cyclone half the Size of India driven by warming Waters

Ban Coal: Super Cyclone half the Size of India driven by warming Waters

India should rethink plans to build more coal plants. The warming waters of the Indian ocean have thrown up a super-cyclone half the size of […]

Juan Cole

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If SCOTUS rules against FEC, Each Politician will represent one Billionaire (Moyers)

If SCOTUS rules against FEC, Each Politician will represent one Billionaire (Moyers)

Bill Moyers interviews Heather Gerken on McCutcheon vs The Federal Election Commission, which he calls “Citizens United: the Sequel” the blurb: “This week the Supreme […]

Juan Cole

Energy
It’s Getting Hot in Here:  Global Warming Turning Point in only 34 Years (Germanos)

It’s Getting Hot in Here: Global Warming Turning Point in only 34 Years (Germanos)

Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams.org: The "years of climate departure" for various cities across the globe. (Image: University of Hawaii/Abby Frazier)If global warming continues its […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Whatever Happened to the Somali Pirates?

Whatever Happened to the Somali Pirates?

With the opening of Paul Greengrass’s film “Captain Phillips,” written by Billy Ray and starring Tom Hanks, the phenomenon of piracy in the waters off […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Sakharov Prize-winner Malala Yousafazai Calls on US Gov’t to Conduct talks with Taliban (Queally)

Sakharov Prize-winner Malala Yousafazai Calls on US Gov’t to Conduct talks with Taliban (Queally)

Malala Yousafzai has won the Sakharov Prize for free speech and human rights. Jon Queally writes at Commondreams.org: ” Malala Yousafzai, the sixteen-year-old girl shot […]

Juan Cole

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