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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Sudan
Explainer - Sudan Conflict and What Worries Neighbors, the US and Others

Explainer – Sudan Conflict and What Worries Neighbors, the US and Others

( Middle East Monitor ) – A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Change makes 'Florida Rain-bombs' more Common, as DeSantis would Know if he had bothered to Visit Ft Lauderdale

Climate Change makes ‘Florida Rain-bombs’ more Common, as DeSantis would Know if he had bothered to Visit Ft Lauderdale

Craig Pittman   ( Florida Phoenix)- If you live in Florida, you never suffer from an irony deficiency. Case in point: Flood managers from across […]

Florida Phoenix

Climate Crisis
Glaciers in Swiss Alps lost 6% of Mass last Year, as Climate Emergency brings brutal Heat Waves

Glaciers in Swiss Alps lost 6% of Mass last Year, as Climate Emergency brings brutal Heat Waves

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has issued its annual report. As you will have guessed, things don’t look good. There […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Any New Yemen Truce must allow Participation of Citizens and Civil Society

Any New Yemen Truce must allow Participation of Citizens and Civil Society

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Negotiations for a new truce in Yemen by Saudi and Houthi authorities present an opportunity to incorporate accountability and […]

Human Rights Watch

Feminism
Behind the Ruling:   Supreme Court decrees Mifepristone can Remain Available

Behind the Ruling: Supreme Court decrees Mifepristone can Remain Available

By Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia and Sonia Suter, George Washington University | – (The Conversation) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling […]

The Conversation

Canada
Germany Welcomes G7 Goals: 150 GW in New offshore Wind, 1,000 GW of Solar by 2030, and no more Coal

Germany Welcomes G7 Goals: 150 GW in New offshore Wind, 1,000 GW of Solar by 2030, and no more Coal

Sören Amelang ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout […]

Clean Energy Wire

Donald Trump
Biden is Running in '24:  Top 3 Reasons he'll Likely win by a Landslide

Biden is Running in ’24: Top 3 Reasons he’ll Likely win by a Landslide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden is planning to declare next week that he will seek a second term as president according to […]

Juan Cole

military
Sudan created a paramilitary Force to destroy Government Threats – but it became a major Threat itself

Sudan created a paramilitary Force to destroy Government Threats – but it became a major Threat itself

By Tsega Etefa, Colgate University | – Sudan is in crisis. Fighting continues between Sudan’s military leader, Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, and his deputy on Sudan’s ruling […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Many Female Voters see Turkey's May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women's Rights

Many Female Voters see Turkey’s May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women’s Rights

Written byArzu Geybullayeva   ( Globalvoices.org) – In a report that was published in 2007 by European Stability Initiative, a think tank, Turkey’s ruling Justice […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

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