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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump:  Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
China

Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

06/07/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

06/07/2025 By The Conversation

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Corruption
Top 5 Things to Know about Fulton County charges of Racketeering against Trump

Top 5 Things to Know about Fulton County charges of Racketeering against Trump

Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University | – An Atlanta, Georgia, grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Aug. 14, 2023, charging him with […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Extremist Government Eyes Annexing the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza for Intensive Colonization

Israel’s Extremist Government Eyes Annexing the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza for Intensive Colonization

by Fathi Ahmed   Bezalel Smotrich’s settlement plan is to annex the West Bank, increase settlements and bring an end to the Palestinian Authority. He […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
When we Drive Gasoline Cars & Run Air Conditioning off Coal,  We’re declaring a Hot War on Ourselves

When we Drive Gasoline Cars & Run Air Conditioning off Coal, We’re declaring a Hot War on Ourselves

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Too hot. Too dry. Too many weapons. This world needs changing. But that’s too vague. After all, this world is already […]

Frida Berrigan

Brazil
Why did China attend MBS's Ukraine Peace Conference in Saudi Arabia? Breaking with Moscow or Keeping Options Open?

Why did China attend MBS’s Ukraine Peace Conference in Saudi Arabia? Breaking with Moscow or Keeping Options Open?

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China has come out in favour of a third round of talks to design a peace framework for […]

Neil Thompson

Colonialism
The Netherlands Waged a Bloody 4-Year War to keep Indonesia Colonized after 1945; Finally it is Apologizing

The Netherlands Waged a Bloody 4-Year War to keep Indonesia Colonized after 1945; Finally it is Apologizing

( Jacobin NL) On Monday 29 May 2023 I stood with my granddaughter and my son-in-law in front of the Proclamation Monument in Jakarta, with […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

China
Palestinians welcome China's new Middle East Role, but they want more than Mediation

Palestinians welcome China’s new Middle East Role, but they want more than Mediation

by Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East […]

Ramzy Baroud

plastic
How Microplastics are making their Way into our Farmland

How Microplastics are making their Way into our Farmland

By Branaavan Sivarajah, Carleton University; and Jesse Vermaire, Carleton University | – (The Conversation) – Microplastic pollution is a global environmental problem that is ubiquitous […]

The Conversation

Featured
Trouble for Abraham Accords: Saudis Try to establish E. Jerusalem Consulate for Palestinians, but Extremist Israeli Gov't says, "No!"

Trouble for Abraham Accords: Saudis Try to establish E. Jerusalem Consulate for Palestinians, but Extremist Israeli Gov’t says, “No!”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Quds Press reports that Saudi Arabia has given its ambassador to Jordan, Nayef al-Sudairi, an extra portfolio of consul in […]

Juan Cole

History
How Lebanon was shaped by its Great Famine in WW I

How Lebanon was shaped by its Great Famine in WW I

        Brand, Tylor. Famine Worlds: Life at the Edge of Suffering in Lebanon’s Great War. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023.   Review of Tylor Brand, […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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