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Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue
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Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The entire nation of Tuvalu, 11,000 people, is making preparations to relocate, reports Sophie Mak at Nikkei Asia . The […]

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

07/27/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

07/27/2025 By ProPublica

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Arab League Sets Syria for Suspension

Arab League Sets Syria for Suspension

The Arab League initiated the suspension of Syria’s membership on Saturday, giving Damascus three days to cease shooting down Syrian demonstrators or else the country […]

Juan Cole

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Could Electronic Communication Cooperatives Protect Us?

Could Electronic Communication Cooperatives Protect Us?

Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a member of parliament in Iceland, has written a column in which she complains that the US Department of Justice asked Twitter to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Pyramids Partially Closed in face of New Age “Threat”

Pyramids Partially Closed in face of New Age “Threat”

The Egyptian Antiquities authority partially closed the Pyramids to foreign tourists on Friday, in an attempt to prevent Western New Age groups from holding rituals […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Little Iran Nuclear Report that Couldn’t

The Little Iran Nuclear Report that Couldn’t

A key allegation in the IAEA report on Iranian nuclear activities has fallen apart. Gareth Porter has been able to use interviews and other material […]

Juan Cole

Tomgram: Juan Cole, Protesting a Pasha-the-Tiger World

Tomgram: Juan Cole, Protesting a Pasha-the-Tiger World

From Tunis to Tel Aviv, Madrid to Oakland, a new generation of youth activists is challenging the neoliberal state that has dominated the world ever since the Cold War ended.  The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have …

Juan Cole

Environment
Perry's Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics

Perry’s Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics

Rick Perry flubbed the CNBC debate when he forgot his own talking points. He had campaigned on abolishing the Commerce, Education and Energy Departments. But […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq, Iran and the Nuclear Phantasm: We've Seen this Picture

Iraq, Iran and the Nuclear Phantasm: We’ve Seen this Picture

Nuclear issues are so complicated that the public is easily misled and frightened by nuclear demagoguery. That is why the new International Atomic Energy Agency […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu a "Liar":  Sarkozy

Netanyahu a “Liar”: Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was recently overheard talking to President Obama and complaining that he couldn’t stand Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whom he called […]

Juan Cole

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Greenwald:  Koch Brothers Fund Voter Suppression for Minorities, Elderly, Students

Greenwald: Koch Brothers Fund Voter Suppression for Minorities, Elderly, Students

Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films exposes the most aggressive interference in the ability of Americans to vote since sheriffs in the Deep South stopped giving […]

Juan Cole

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